Comment on keep going lads!

• nixcamic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I believe certain breeds of dogs and horses can keep up with us, but only because we bred them to.

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  • HonoraryMancunian@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Iirc, the dogs are huskies

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    • nixcamic@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I believe there were a few breeds who can but Huskies are the well known ones.

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• 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  To follow an animal often required tracking it when it ran out of sight. Our sense of smell stinks, so we looked for clues on where it went. That’s smart

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  • Zehzin@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Our sense of smell isn’t bad. We’re great at detecting minute variations in smells as well as detecting rotting things in very little quantity.

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    • 0ops@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, you’re right. I should have said that our sense of smell isn’t specialized for smelling other animals at a distance for tracking like many other animals can.

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• ssboomman@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  That’s plus we are good at throwing things and we sweat. Which means we have range and we can cool off while still being active.

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  • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The thing with a lot of animals is also that they're pretty dumb.

    They could potentially out walk us, it's the most energy efficient way of moving, but what they actually do is run off when they see a human, then when they no longer see the human, they take a break. At which point the human catches up. At which point they run off again.

    The human simply has to keep walking, while the animal keeps running off, rather than walking, ensuring the human never catches up, but without tiring itself too much.

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    • Bipta@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Humans use less energy because we're bipedal. Even if the hunted animals walked, presumably humans could trail them and wait them out.

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    • ssboomman@lemm.ee ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I mean it’s not dumb, it’s evolution. Can you imagine a deer “just walking” away from any other predator?

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      • Hyperreality@kbin.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        https://i.imgur.com/h3DTCqU.png

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    • MightyGalhupo@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      This is why horror movie characters always just walk slowly

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• eestileib@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Also, teamwork. Chasing animals in circles and handing off.

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