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[–] thebestaquaman@lemmy.world 68 points 2 days ago (16 children)

So, a typical snail moves at around 0.0048 km/h, and are around 1 cm tall. The snail in the image appears to be more than 3-4 stories tall, let's say 15 m. If the speed scales linearly with size, this snail could move at around 7.2 km/h.

So yeah, a very brisk walk for your life should just about keep you out of reach if you're in decent shape.

[–] LadyButterfly@piefed.blahaj.zone 27 points 2 days ago (4 children)
[–] TheLeadenSea@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 days ago (2 children)
[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

It was an asymptomatic smash!

[–] kryptonite@lemmy.world 2 points 16 hours ago

Or even asymptotic.

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