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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 8:32 am to LSUSilverfox
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:32 am to LSUSilverfox
Monkey fish frogs to be exact
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Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:32 am to weagle99
From google
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Elephants can walk up to 120 miles per day, although the average is only between 15 and 16 miles. They walk about five and a half miles per hour and can run at speeds up to 40 miles per hour.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:36 am to weagle99
So essentially we are the tortoise and all animals are the hare?
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:40 am to LSShoe1030
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So essentially we are the tortoise
Checks out
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:42 am to weagle99
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:49 am to Jor Jor The Dinosaur
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Monkey fish frogs
What about the Puppy Monkey Baby?
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:50 am to weagle99
Wolf
Posted on 8/19/18 at 8:59 am to weagle99
I would think antelope and bison could. They are used to traveling distances. Maybe moose, caribou, bear, wolf, horses that are trained for distance (ie Pony Express).
If you use a typical human rather than a athlete in their prime then there are a lot of animals that can.
If you use a typical human rather than a athlete in their prime then there are a lot of animals that can.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:16 am to LSUfan4444
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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.
No animal can outrun multiple humans. We cheated. Of course if we tag team out to someone else when we got tired we will eventually "outrun" an animal.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:29 am to Tigris
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I would think antelope and bison could. They are used to traveling distances. Maybe moose, caribou, bear, wolf, horses that are trained for distance (ie Pony Express).
An antelope is a textbook animal built for running in short quick spurts, something that humans regularly hunt down with spears to this day.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:42 am to weagle99
You ever saw a police k9 go after someone?
Posted on 8/19/18 at 9:55 am to foshizzle
Looks like the horse almost always won with just a handful of exceptions. Oddly enough, the margin of around 20 minutes is remarkably consistent.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:17 am to weagle99
African Wild Dog has it hands down.
Want to try and outswim a polar bear?
Want to try and outswim a polar bear?
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:26 am to Cheese Grits
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Canines (dogs, wolves, coyotes) can run great distances at speed.
Not in high heat though. Dogs can’t do heat at all. I have hunting dogs. Go like crazy in winter. Can’t do 30 minutes in summer heat without laying in the shade and panting like they’re dying.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:26 am to TDFreak
quote:Caribou migration? Reindeer migration? Water Buffalo and antelopes on African Continent?
Doubt they have the attention span to maintain a specified trajectory for that long. But what do I know.
Man is not the only herd animal to move around a lot. Many herd animals travel great distances at a constant jog/lope.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:27 am to weagle99
Wolves put humans to shame when it comes to covering long distances. Their physiology is geared to it. The main limiting factor is the temperature the activity is occurring at.
This post was edited on 8/19/18 at 10:33 am
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:30 am to Sidicous
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at a constant jog/lope.
This is where the evidence contradicts you.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:31 am to Cooter Davenport
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I have hunting dogs.
I have a hound / beagle. Once he puts his nose on the dirt he can easily go 2 to 3 hours and never stop. Granted not always at full speed but in constant motion. He may stop briefly to lap some gross water but the stop is short and he never lies down.
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:34 am to Cooter Davenport
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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.
This is about it in a nutshell. On the savanna, losing our hair and being able to sweat all over our bodies more than made up for our lack of speed, large fangs, or useful claws. To the animals on the savanna, we were Terminators.
It can't be bargained with. It can't be reasoned with. It doesn't feel pity, or remorse, or fear! And it absolutely will not stop, ever, until you are dead!
Posted on 8/19/18 at 10:38 am to OweO
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You ever saw a police k9 go after someone?
Yeah, over a short distance. What we’re talking about here is catching up to it when it stops running and making it run again, repeatedly, for hours.
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