Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by hirundo on Monday July 01, 2019 @06:21PM
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Just a thick fur coat.
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Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by aksss on Monday July 01, 2019 @06:32PM
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Which a primate can fashion out of multiple foxes.
Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by treebeard901 on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:24PM
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Have to catch them first...
Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by dragonwriter on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:45PM
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Humans have the pretty nearly the best long-distance speed of any land animal, lots of things can out sprint us (which is bad for us if they are preying on us), but very few can evade sustained stalking by humans (which is bad for them if we're preying on them.)
Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by mrec on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:55PM
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True, but persistence hunting evolved in a hot climate. (Which is why we have other adaptations such as mostly-hairly skin to facilitate sweating.) Persistence hunting in the Arctic without the coat you're trying to catch would be a rather different matter.
Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by gambiting on Monday July 01, 2019 @07:43PM
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Well but that's the thing - we can out walk a vast majority of animals on this planet. Early human hunters were successful partially because they could chase their prey for days if needed until it collapsed from exhaustion. We might have not have the same speed as some of the animals, but human endurance is unparalleled in the animal world.
Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by nradov on Monday July 01, 2019 @08:42PM
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Human endurance is unparalleled in the animal world when the temperature is high. At low temperatures some canids and horses can do as well or better, but they can't shed heat efficiently.
Re:Scientists 'speechless' at Arctic fox's epic trek
by latch on Monday July 01, 2019 @08:35PM
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Unparalleled in the _land_ animal world perhaps. But there are stories of birds that fly for months at a time. Penguins (in water), ostrich's and camels can also achieve pretty unparalleled things wrt endurance. And who knows about things in the sea...