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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (2 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 24 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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 1 year ago (2 children)

Can't those things just trip over and die

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

To be fair so can we.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If they break something, yeah.

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

wait do horses just keep running until total exhaustion?

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

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

[–] nova_ad_vitum 5 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year 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.