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Humans are incredibly badass physically once they reach adulthood. We have endurance, immune systems, and digestive systems that seem tailor-made for world domi

Humans are incredibly badass physically once they reach adulthood. We have endurance, immune systems, and digestive systems that seem tailor-made for world domination. (you could walk a horse to death, and that's an animal we bred for endurance) The catch is you have to be smart to take advantage of these things.

TrainedMonkey 3y ago
And tool usage, turns out articulated appendages with articulated grippy sausages are effective, energy efficient, and can apply both power and precision.
- kfrzcode 3y ago
  Maybe this is why Octopi are so efficient and smart? They forgo the hinges and just have a grippy sausage tube x 8
  - tourmalinetaco 3y ago
    Rather than grippy sausage tube, I believe the proper term would be sucky sushi rolls. On a more serious note, it may be due to similar genetics to humans, specifically the LINE family of transposons.[0] Though, maybe they’re just aliens.[1] [0] - https://www.livescience.com/jumping-genes-octopus-intelligence https://www.livescience.com/jumping-genes-octopus-intelligen... [1] - https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-do-octopuses-come-from-outer-space https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-...
byby 3y ago
I've heard of the fact we have more endurance then the horse but walk one to death? Source? Or deeper explanation?
- DicIfTEx 3y ago
  I think they're referring to humans' ability to conduct persistence hunting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting
  - byby 3y ago
    I'm aware of this. We can run down a cheetah or bunny. But we can't actually run down a horse. Only top ultra marathoners can do that. But walking down a horse? Really?
    - hguant 3y ago
      Yes. Horses are incredibly fragile, and over long distances would prefer to be moving at human walking speed. Horses also require continuous grazing to sustain themselves, and because of how their digestive tracts work, really need time to amass energy. It's not a question of "running down a horse." It's a question of heat exchange and endurance. Humans are incredibly efficient at maintaining homeostasis "under load." Horses are not. If you read a histories any war/conflict where there are large numbers of horses involved, a common theme is them just dropping dead of exhaustion along the side of the trail, because they can't sustain the pace of the army marching with them.
      - byby 3y ago
        >If you read a histories any war/conflict where there are large numbers of horses involved, a common theme is them just dropping dead of exhaustion along the side of the trail, because they can't sustain the pace of the army marching with them. This is assuming that most of the army were full of people walking and the horses walking along side were getting exhausted? So an average human can walk down a horse?

TrainedMonkey 3y ago

And tool usage, turns out articulated appendages with articulated grippy sausages are effective, energy efficient, and can apply both power and precision.

kfrzcode 3y ago
Maybe this is why Octopi are so efficient and smart? They forgo the hinges and just have a grippy sausage tube x 8
- tourmalinetaco 3y ago
  Rather than grippy sausage tube, I believe the proper term would be sucky sushi rolls. On a more serious note, it may be due to similar genetics to humans, specifically the LINE family of transposons.[0] Though, maybe they’re just aliens.[1] [0] - https://www.livescience.com/jumping-genes-octopus-intelligence https://www.livescience.com/jumping-genes-octopus-intelligen... [1] - https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-do-octopuses-come-from-outer-space https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/123479-trending-science-...

byby 3y ago

I've heard of the fact we have more endurance then the horse but walk one to death? Source? Or deeper explanation?

DicIfTEx 3y ago
I think they're referring to humans' ability to conduct persistence hunting: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Persistence_hunting
- byby 3y ago
  I'm aware of this. We can run down a cheetah or bunny. But we can't actually run down a horse. Only top ultra marathoners can do that. But walking down a horse? Really?
  - hguant 3y ago
    Yes. Horses are incredibly fragile, and over long distances would prefer to be moving at human walking speed. Horses also require continuous grazing to sustain themselves, and because of how their digestive tracts work, really need time to amass energy. It's not a question of "running down a horse." It's a question of heat exchange and endurance. Humans are incredibly efficient at maintaining homeostasis "under load." Horses are not. If you read a histories any war/conflict where there are large numbers of horses involved, a common theme is them just dropping dead of exhaustion along the side of the trail, because they can't sustain the pace of the army marching with them.
    - byby 3y ago
      >If you read a histories any war/conflict where there are large numbers of horses involved, a common theme is them just dropping dead of exhaustion along the side of the trail, because they can't sustain the pace of the army marching with them. This is assuming that most of the army were full of people walking and the horses walking along side were getting exhausted? So an average human can walk down a horse?