4 ms·
Our endurance at running is pretty good too, we can chase any prey until it is too tired to escape.
by rjsw 5y ago
Our endurance at running is pretty good too, we can chase any prey until it is too tired to escape.
- warent 5y agoTrue, 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
- NeoTar 5y agoI 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.
- thaumasiotes 5y ago> 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.
- adwn 5y agoNo, 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." [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting
- DiggyJohnson 5y agoAt this point, this is an argument about sources. You are winning by half a point by restating the Wikipedia page =p
- dorgo 5y agoI mean, humans compete against horses and win sometimes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon