Eli5: According to Google a horse at peak power produces 15 horse power…. so what animal at peak power would produce 1 horse power?

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Question is as the title suggests really.

Essentially I went on a watt bike the other day and my friend said I nearly produced one horse power. So obviously I then googled how much horse power a horse produces, and then when I found out it is more than one I was curious as to what animal produces one horse power and what we should change the measurement ‘horsepower’ too.

Also, I don’t think I’ve ever typed horse and horse power so much in such a little space

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I get your question but still confused. A a horse at peak can do 15 horsepower, but 1 horsepower was done when not at peak power.

That’s like saying to find an animal who runs as fast as humans walk as “walking speed” is slower than our running speed.

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