Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by rjsw on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:32PM
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Our endurance at running is pretty good too, we can chase any prey until it is too tired to escape.
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Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by dorgo on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:22PM
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I mean, humans compete against horses and win sometimes:
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by warent on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:49PM
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True, I remember reading that humans are the only animals that sweat. Some animals like hippos create thick oily sebaceous sweat but I don't think any other animals just spill water from their pores like us. That's what gives us such incredible endurance
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by NeoTar on Sunday March 27, 2022 @01:03PM
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I was intrigued by your comment, and did five minutes research,
Apparently you're half right - pretty much every mammal will sweat to some degree (its almost a defining feature of mammals - mammary glands are modified sweat glands) - but only a limited number of mammals sweat heavily, horses being another notable example.
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by thaumasiotes on Sunday March 27, 2022 @01:40PM
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> Our endurance at running is pretty good too, we can chase any prey until it is too tired to escape.
That is not correct; endurance hunting is about walking, not running.
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by adwn on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:22PM
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No, endurance hunting is mostly about running. To quote Wikipedia [1]:
"Persistence hunting (sometimes called endurance hunting) is a hunting technique in which hunters, who may be slower than their prey over short distances, use a combination of running, walking and tracking to keep pursuing prey over prolonged time and distance until it is exhausted by fatigue or overheating. A persistence hunter must be able to run a long distance over an extended period."
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by DiggyJohnson on Tuesday March 29, 2022 @03:00AM
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At this point, this is an argument about sources. You are winning by half a point by restating the Wikipedia page =p