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Is it true that no animal can outrun a human over a long distance?
Posted on 8/19/18 at 6:58 am
Posted on 8/19/18 at 6:58 am
Marathon distance or longer I guess.
Maybe endurance horses?
Maybe endurance horses?
This post was edited on 8/19/18 at 7:00 am
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Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:03 am to weagle99
Your mom can
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:06 am to weagle99
Not sure, that might be true.
Oceanic animals laugh at our “endurance” though.
Oceanic animals laugh at our “endurance” though.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:07 am to weagle99
Border collies are bred to run up to 50 miles a day.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:08 am to weagle99
Nothing outruns a Deere.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:09 am to weagle99
Ostriches and camels can both crush a human in marathon length distance running.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:09 am to weagle99
All humans? Or those who dedicate their lives to running?
Your question is pretty broad.
Your question is pretty broad.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:09 am to weagle99
No
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:09 am to weagle99
Doubt they have the attention span to maintain a specified trajectory for that long. But what do I know.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:11 am to weagle99
Not sure but humans are very good at long distance.
There is a guy averaging 50 miles a day on the Appalachian Trail right now.
I think there is a distance race in Europe that humans and horses both run. Horses normally win but not always. I don’t think it’s much longer than a marathon.
There is a guy averaging 50 miles a day on the Appalachian Trail right now.
I think there is a distance race in Europe that humans and horses both run. Horses normally win but not always. I don’t think it’s much longer than a marathon.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:12 am to weagle99
It’s true.
Ancient man first hunted by driving animals until they just collapsed from exhaustion. Basically everything is faster, but in sprints. If you keep catching up to them after they’re done sprinting and force them to sprint again they’ll have a heat stroke.
If you have ever hunted with dogs you are familiar with this - you have to make sure they don’t kill themselves.
Horses can walk a really long way but if you keep harassing them every time they stop to walk and force them to gallop again, over a long period of time, they’ll overheat.
The key here is that the human has to harass the animal into sprinting every time the human catches up to it.
Ancient man first hunted by driving animals until they just collapsed from exhaustion. Basically everything is faster, but in sprints. If you keep catching up to them after they’re done sprinting and force them to sprint again they’ll have a heat stroke.
If you have ever hunted with dogs you are familiar with this - you have to make sure they don’t kill themselves.
Horses can walk a really long way but if you keep harassing them every time they stop to walk and force them to gallop again, over a long period of time, they’ll overheat.
The key here is that the human has to harass the animal into sprinting every time the human catches up to it.
This post was edited on 8/19/18 at 7:16 am
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:15 am to weagle99
Careful, your thread may get whacked again.
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Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:23 am to Nodust
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I think there is a distance race in Europe that humans and horses both run. Horses normally win but not always. I don’t think it’s much longer than a marathon.
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The event started in 1980, when local landlord Gordon Green overheard a discussion between two men in his pub, the Neuadd Arms. One man suggested that over a significant distance across country, man was equal to any horse. Green decided that the challenge should be tested in full public view, and organised the first event.
That is how you settle a pub argument. It's usually but not always the horse. From what I can tell the winning human runners run marathons at around 2:30 or so. Not world class by any means but still pretty damn fast.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:24 am to weagle99
I believe so. I think humans are the only species thats sweats allowing us to cool our bodies as we run. other species have to stop. Its one of the main advantages our ancestors used to be able to hunt and run down food. That, and when they learned to communicate and hunt in groups.
ETA...it was discussed in the book Born to Run (stolen from wiki but)
Alongside his research into the Tarahumara, McDougall delves into why the human species, unique among primates, has developed traits for endurance running. He promotes the endurance running hypothesis, arguing that humans left the forests and moved to the savannas by developing the ability to run long distances in order to literally run down prey.
ETA...it was discussed in the book Born to Run (stolen from wiki but)
Alongside his research into the Tarahumara, McDougall delves into why the human species, unique among primates, has developed traits for endurance running. He promotes the endurance running hypothesis, arguing that humans left the forests and moved to the savannas by developing the ability to run long distances in order to literally run down prey.
This post was edited on 8/19/18 at 7:31 am
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:26 am to weagle99
African wild dogs can go a good distance
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:30 am to weagle99
quote:
Is it true that no animal can outrun a human over a long distance?
Pretty sure this is untrue
Canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes) can run great distances at speed.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:38 am to weagle99
Not necessarily disagreeing at this point because I don't know enough about it. But what are the variables here? Location, temperature, elevation, etc.
If humans can train our bodies to do things, I think we can train superior physical species to do the same or more.
If humans can train our bodies to do things, I think we can train superior physical species to do the same or more.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:38 am to Cheese Grits
Persistence Hunting
Even though humans can’t sprint worth a lick, we’re pretty damn good at jogging, or whatever you call running at 10K pace or even marathon pace. We can cover these distances much faster than most animals can because we can cool ourselves efficiently. As evidence of this, four-legged animals are physically unable to pant while they gallop. (Lieberman suggested trying it at home with the family dog; I’ll pass on that one.) And so persistence hunting was born. We would wait until the hottest part of the day, head out to the plains in a group, put on our race numbers and stand nervously in line at the porta-pot, and start the hunt. Here’s how it works. One person sprints after the prey. The prey escapes temporarily, but the sprinter stays close enough to point the rest of the group to where the prey is recovering from its sprint. Repeat a few more times, the prey collapses from hyperthermia, and someone kills it with a rock. Safe, inexpensive, reliable. While the prey was doing a deadly interval workout, the group only had to run an easy 15K. We’re really good at running slowly. Better than anyone else. It’s in our blood, and that’s why it feels so good.
Even though humans can’t sprint worth a lick, we’re pretty damn good at jogging, or whatever you call running at 10K pace or even marathon pace. We can cover these distances much faster than most animals can because we can cool ourselves efficiently. As evidence of this, four-legged animals are physically unable to pant while they gallop. (Lieberman suggested trying it at home with the family dog; I’ll pass on that one.) And so persistence hunting was born. We would wait until the hottest part of the day, head out to the plains in a group, put on our race numbers and stand nervously in line at the porta-pot, and start the hunt. Here’s how it works. One person sprints after the prey. The prey escapes temporarily, but the sprinter stays close enough to point the rest of the group to where the prey is recovering from its sprint. Repeat a few more times, the prey collapses from hyperthermia, and someone kills it with a rock. Safe, inexpensive, reliable. While the prey was doing a deadly interval workout, the group only had to run an easy 15K. We’re really good at running slowly. Better than anyone else. It’s in our blood, and that’s why it feels so good.
This post was edited on 8/19/18 at 7:39 am
Posted on 8/19/18 at 7:55 am to weagle99
Isn't this why we are hairless and sweat like we do? Or, was that from our aquatic period?
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:26 am to AlxTgr
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our aquatic period?
Are you implying humans are fish monkeys?
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