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Not so, actually - humans are one of the best at endurance walking out of all land animals. Trained humans regularly beat horses at long distance races - there'

• Zikes 12y ago
  We're the only "animal" that collects water to consume later and doesn't need to stop to drink. I think that's a major factor in endurance hunting - we can replenish hydration lost by sweat whereas others cannot.
  • aggronn 12y ago
    From wikipedia: > Although sweating is found in a wide variety of mammals, relatively few, such as humans and horses, produce large amounts of sweat in order to cool down. We don't beat them out necessarily because we can replenish more, but because we are much more efficient at cooling ourselves. Obviously water and tools helped us, but imagine trying to compete in a 5k wearing a rubber suit--you wouldn't come close to competing with those humans you're up against.
• jimmaswell 12y ago
  Although ironically the locomotion is apparently not very efficient. I remember a good story where the efficiency of a human was compared to other animals and it was medicore, but on a bicycle it blew the animals out of the water, and it then said a computer was a bicycle for the mind. http://www.cyclelove.net/2013/03/steve-jobs-on-why-computers-are-like-a-bicycle-for-the-mind/ http://www.cyclelove.net/2013/03/steve-jobs-on-why-computers...
• gabriel34 12y ago
  usually humans beat horses on high temperatures and vice-versa (we being better at getting rid of heat). I would like to know if these races allow for rehydration for both species, if humans run barefeet and if horses run with no cargo/horseshoes.