Top Around The World

Faster than a formula-one race car... More thrust than the space shuttles' rockets... And maneuvers that put fighter jets to shame. The fastest animals on the planet use speed to kill. High-speed cameras and state-of-the art cgi uncover how they do it. Ocean creatures combine hydrodynamic design... With stealth and subterfuge. Death is often a surprise. A world of action is hiding in the blink of an eye. The ocean is deceptively speedy. Tidal bulges sweep around the earth in just over a day. And when this water volume partners with the wind, it unleashes astonishing force. Waves crash with the power of a battering ram. Little survives a direct onslaught. Mountains erode in their wake. As humans, we're acutely aware of the devastation the ocean delivers. 800 times denser than air, it packs a punch. So how do creatures live inside the monster? One design evolved to thrive in the ocean. The fish shape triumphed. With over 500 million years of inspiration, fish turned ocean chall