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captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

We also have by far the best throwing game in the world. Some animals can spit with reasonable accuracy, some apes can kind of lob shit in a general direction, and there’s that one lizard that can spray blood from its eye, but nothing in the animal kingdom past or present has a human’s innate ability for ranged attack. The average man can throw a fist sized rock hard and accurate enough to crack a skull from 20 yards with his bare hand. And we’ve spent the last 10,000 years inventing newer and more impressive ways of throwing stuff.

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leftzero@lemmynsfw.com ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

lizard that can spray blood from its eye, but nothing in the animal kingdom past or present has a human’s innate ability for ranged attack

I don’t know, a hawk plummeting from the sky at 190km/h onto something the size of a small rodent is kind of impressive, too, if you count the bird throwing itself as throwing…

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WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
Humans domesticated dogs for their ability to hunt by scent. Dogs domesticated humans for their ability to throw a tennis ball.

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- Bluewing@lemmy.world ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  That and the easy free meals and wamr place to sleep for not much effort in return.
  
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- captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  Cats purr and get free shit.
  
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