Interesting facts about cockroaches, slow birds and fish

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If there a bird who can be considered the slowest flyer, it is definitely the American woodcock. This bird flies at about 8km/h while in courtship, but in full flight, he flies between 26 and 45km/h. That is about the top speed of a human sprinter.

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A cockroach can run as fast as 1.5m/s. That is about 5.4kh/h.

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Have you ever wondered how fish breathe underwater? A fish gets oxygen into his body by taking water into his mouth and forcing it out again through his gill passages. The dissolved oxygen is absorbed by the gills and then moves into the bloodstream.