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When aboveground, ferrets travel in a series of jumps or a slow gallop. They can travel at a rate of 5-7 miles per hour. Biologists have tracked ferrets who have traveled 6 miles in one night, and one busy ferret checked out over 100 prairie dog burrows in a single night! more.
Humans could perhaps run as fast 40 mph, a new study suggests. Such a feat would leave in the dust the world's fastest runner, Usain Bolt, who has clocked nearly 28 mph in the 100-meter sprint.