Swimming Speed of a Pacific Bottlenose Porpoise
- 4 February 1966
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 151 (3710) , 588-590
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.151.3710.588
Abstract
Four kinds of speed runs showed a Pacific bottlenose porpoise ( Tursiops gilli ) to have a top speed of 29.9 kilometers per hour (16.1 knots) for 7.5 seconds and a top speed of 21.9 kilometers per hour (11.8 knots) for 50 seconds. These results compare closely with highest predictions based upon rigid body drag calculations, the same power output per unit body weight as for athletes, and a propulsive efficiency of 85 percent.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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