Re:Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners
by AkThhhpppt on Monday April 02, 2012 @06:48AM
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Um yourself.
That page doesn't exactly scream "reliable", and doing both a regular google search and a google scholar search of "Cursorial hunting" doesn't come up with a lot.
At best that term talks about animals that chase prey over distance rather than try for quick attacks, but that's not in the same category as endurance hunting which can last an entire day.
Re:Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners
by AkThhhpppt on Monday April 02, 2012 @07:52AM
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It's all endurance hunting; it's a question of how quickly the prey is exhausted, not how long the chase goes on. See the difference between spotted hyenas (endurance) and lions (ambush).
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/content/animals/animals/mamm..., as well as plenty of other references.
I think it means a dog won't run a long distance for a positive reason, only for a negative one. I.e. it won't run far to get food, but it will to avoid pain.
But a human will run far to get food which no other animal will do.