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[–] [email protected] 13 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Still love how humans can cover the most distance out of all animals, except maybe horses

[–] [email protected] 24 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

We can run both horses and dogs to death and keep jogging

Horses are actually remarkably easy to accidentally kill.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Can't those things just trip over and die

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago

Tell Darwin I said hi.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

If they break something, yeah.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

wait do horses just keep running until total exhaustion?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 9 months ago

I think they lie down once exhausted, but will need medical treatment. It's a whole thing in the horse community.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Plus humans are smart enough to steer prey towards natural barriers like cliffs and rivers and basically no prey animals are smart enough to see it coming. When possible this is more efficient than actually running prey down to the point of exhaustion.