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re: What is the largest animal a grown man could defeat with his bare hands?
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:54 am to OMLandshark
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:54 am to OMLandshark
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but we’re extremely weak animals for our size
Why is that? Do other animals just have higher muscle density or something?
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Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:55 am to OMLandshark
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A deer could frick you up.
A grown buck that faces you head-on will absolutely wreck your fricking chest with his hooves. I think a grown man could beat a deer but it'd be tough - you'd have to be agile and have tremendous grip.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:56 am to jlovel7
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Do other animals just have higher muscle density or something?
Because evolution pretty much dictates that we don’t need it. If you don’t use your muscles, you lose them. We’ve been using tools for thousands of years to where we don’t need the strength of a chimp anymore.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:56 am to OMLandshark
We run better than anyone else. We have that whole language thing, too, that seems to help for predation.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:56 am to LSUZombie
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Black Phillip
Triggered.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:57 am to HempHead
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We run better than anyone else.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:57 am to HempHead
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We run better than anyone else.
No, we are arguably the most clumsy species on the planet because we're bipedal.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:58 am to Y.A. Tittle
Humans are capable of long-distance running that no other animal can come close to.
ETA: Should have clarified re: distance rather than straight up running. Every quadruped is at a disadvantage compared to us simply because they have a one in-one out breathing system due to they way their gait works. We are able to absorb much more oxygen per step than any other animal, at least long-term.
ETA: Should have clarified re: distance rather than straight up running. Every quadruped is at a disadvantage compared to us simply because they have a one in-one out breathing system due to they way their gait works. We are able to absorb much more oxygen per step than any other animal, at least long-term.
This post was edited on 1/19/18 at 11:00 am
Posted on 1/19/18 at 10:59 am to weagle99
Cow
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:00 am to Y.A. Tittle
Not speed, but a human in peak physical shape can run longer than almost any other animal. A human can theoretically outrun a horse in a marathon since horses tire easily especially in heat.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:00 am to weagle99
Rosie
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:01 am to weagle99
Predatory - limited to various breeds of dog (no man is besting a genetic freak bully or mastiff breed).
Herbivores - maybe a deer (larger/stronger human), I'd say goat or such but plant eaters are also very strong for their weight.
Our large brains have limited us.....
Herbivores - maybe a deer (larger/stronger human), I'd say goat or such but plant eaters are also very strong for their weight.
Our large brains have limited us.....
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:01 am to OMLandshark
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The ostrich has an obvious weakness though.
An ostrich will stomp your arse out.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:01 am to HempHead
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Humans are capable of long-distance running that no other animal can come close to.
An average horse can get further in a day than an average human, I would guess.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:01 am to HempHead
If you could get a land animal like a deer in a pond or body of water you could drown it
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:01 am to OMLandshark
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Because evolution pretty much dictates that we don’t need it. If you don’t use your muscles, you lose them.
silly view on evolution. If those muscles were to become deleterious traits, then they would be generally lost. Use or non-use is largely irrelevant, it is more about a traits costs/benefits to fitness.
Tons of traits get passed along because they come at no significant cost to the individual/species.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:01 am to Placebeaux
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wolf
Man frick getting into a fight with a full grown wolf. It would whip a pit's arse so can't imagine how much it would wreck a human.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:01 am to CapperVin
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Cow
Try knocking out a cow. Unless you’re Mongo or Mike Tyson, good luck.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:02 am to Y.A. Tittle
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An average horse can get further in a day than an average human, I would guess.
An average human today? Yeah, probably. An average paleolithic human? No chance.
Posted on 1/19/18 at 11:02 am to OMLandshark
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A human can theoretically outrun a horse in a marathon since horses tire easily especially in heat.
Yes, that's a very specific category of "running". Not quite the blanket statement made. And only a small subset of specially trained humans could do so.
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