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re: Is it true that no animal can outrun a human over a long distance?
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:41 am to Cheese Grits
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:41 am to Cheese Grits
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Granted not always at full speed
Exactly. What we’re saying here is you make them stay running. Once it stops to pant the trotting human catches up and it has to sprint again. Animals that aren’t human can’t do that for long.
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Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:42 am to weagle99
They can!
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:46 am to OMLandshark
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An antelope is a textbook animal built for running in short quick spurts, something that humans regularly hunt down with spears to this day.
They tried this in New Mexico - ten world class distance runners tried to run down a pronghorn through persistence. And utterly failed. Maybe African antelope can be caught this way, but not pronghorn (which we call antelope but really are not).
Posted on 8/19/18 at 11:01 am to Tigris
This doesn’t work in the mountains. So I wouldn’t apply it to highland antelope or sheep. This only works on a hot plain where the heat is against the animal and the animal can’t use its superior climbing ability to secure additional resting time for itself.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 11:14 am to weagle99
Before they went extinct, nothing could outrun a human gump into BDS.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 11:32 am to Kentucker
Everyone saying dogs and whatnot are not understanding the concept of the OP. Long distances here means 100's of miles basically without stopping.
Sure almost any animal is going to outrun a human in shorter distances, but over the long haul they overheat. Humans are more efficient than most other animals at regulating body heat because we sweat.
Also we're not talking about your typical fatass American. This would have to be an elite ultra runner. There are ultra marathon runners that run 100's of miles basically without stopping.
Also if it's hot outside (90+ degrees) there's no question IMO, humans would win.
Sure almost any animal is going to outrun a human in shorter distances, but over the long haul they overheat. Humans are more efficient than most other animals at regulating body heat because we sweat.
Also we're not talking about your typical fatass American. This would have to be an elite ultra runner. There are ultra marathon runners that run 100's of miles basically without stopping.
Also if it's hot outside (90+ degrees) there's no question IMO, humans would win.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 11:47 am to rintintin
Honey badgers often cover 35 miles a day just out running around.
And they arent training for it or trying or special marathon badgers. If one could be trained to want to compete and see how far it could go, was properly fed and carbed up or whatever to optimize its performance, running in a cooler environment than the desert (let's see a human cover 35 miles of desert a day every day), the lil animal is probably going to easy cover more ground.
And they arent training for it or trying or special marathon badgers. If one could be trained to want to compete and see how far it could go, was properly fed and carbed up or whatever to optimize its performance, running in a cooler environment than the desert (let's see a human cover 35 miles of desert a day every day), the lil animal is probably going to easy cover more ground.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 11:50 am to TigerstuckinMS
Animals don't understand the game humans are playing. If they did, they'd get far enough ahead to break contact instead of stopping when they're out of immediate danger.
Posted on 8/20/18 at 9:23 am to LSUSilverfox
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Are you implying humans are fish monkeys?
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