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[–] [email protected] 37 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (30 children)

So this is pretty neat:

https://www.science.org/content/article/born-run-early-endurance-running--may-have-evolved-help-humans-chase-down-prey

Humans aren't good at running fast, but we are good at running for a long time for long distances, so it's thought that we would just run after things until they got tired.

So like you know how people in horror movies would run and then look over their shoulder and Jason is somehow still there?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 weeks ago (12 children)

Funny enough there is another animal I know that can sweat, have more endurance than humans, and much faster than humans. Horses.

Imagine you fear getting caught by a horse or a human and then suddenly a human riding a horse shows up.

[–] [email protected] 28 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (9 children)

humans can beat a horse in a marathon!

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon

https://www.managainsthorse.net/result.html

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Also in very short races (up to 100m) if the human is an olympic athlete, though mostly because momentum is a bitch and it takes time for the horse to accelerate all that mass, and by the time it's done the race is already over (it also probably helps that the athlete knows what they're doing while the horse is just along for the ride and wondering where it can get some grass).

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