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Rip megafauna lol (mander.xyz)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 60 points 9 months ago (3 children)

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!

Yeah, that's humans for you

[–] SomeAmateur 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Humans Are Such Easy Prey is an awesome synthwave song that uses this clip in the beginning

[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago

His delivery of that line makes the terminator so terrifying.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Don't forget hungry.

Terminators would be a whole different beast if it got hungry

[–] [email protected] 56 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The immortal snail.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Who's the decoy human?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I want to read more on the stamina of humans vs other species, what's a good read?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Here is an article that shows some contra points to the theorie, in case you want to have a look at that too.

The evidence for it is rather shallow, realy.

It's pretty clear that persistent hunting is one of those myths concocted by someone to justify a world view that humans are "more special" than animals and has no more scientific basis than the "science" coming out of the Disney movies in the 1950s about nature.

[–] idegenszavak 13 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There is a man vs horse marathon since 1980, 35 kms/22 miles on rough terrain. There were 42 races, 4 times a human won: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Yes, but:

Horses are ridden by humans so the horses have to carry not only extra weight of the human, but also the saddle, gear, human's water, etc.

Horses are mandated to stop periodically and mandated to have periodic stopped vet checks (rules now state that vet stoppage times are subtracted from Horse times)

Humans are NOT mandated to stop periodically and/or have health checks

There are places allowed for humans to have refreshments along the race.

https://afan.ottenheimer.com/articles/myth_of_persistent_hunting

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

curious: why would the fast animal consider the weapons primitive?

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

Because they have guns and humans don't?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The receiver is backwards and there are two ejection ports.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

The two ports are for faster shooting and the backwards reciever is for faster bluetooth connections.