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notabot@piefed.social 2 months agoThe thing is, humans are astonishingly good at conserving energy when running. We can literally run prey to death by just keeping on going when most animals run out of energy.
Comment on wtf
notabot@piefed.social 2 months agoThe thing is, humans are astonishingly good at conserving energy when running. We can literally run prey to death by just keeping on going when most animals run out of energy.
Spacehooks@reddthat.com 2 months ago
Sweat offers cooling bonuses.
Something about being upright too but I don’t recall.
Jiggle_Physics@sh.itjust.works 2 months ago
Standing upright simultaneously exposes more skin surface area to the flow of air, while minimizing the skin’s exposure to direct sunlight.
ikidd@lemmy.world 2 months ago
Bipedal running gains a lot of energy just by falling forward rather than pushing forward every step.