Why do Spanish natives speak so fast? Do you get this impression?

Question

This came up on my listening comprehension exercises:

Hideaway said:

I don't think it was too fast. I am curious to know at what percent of your normal reading speed that you read this.

I answered this:

Spanish as a language , is spoken much too fast. It is actually true, so this was slow, read for beginners or upper beginners.

Have a look at the listening killer audio, that was much faster, but not normal speed either, we speak faster than that

Do we sound fast to you? I think we do speak fast.

Hablamos demasidado deprisa...

wheres the audio? - Rey_Mysterio, Apr 12, 2010

The killer sounded normal speed to me although I didnt know all the words. Faster than that might be too much to keep up with at my beginner level - cheeseisyummy, Apr 12, 2010