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One of our quirks as a species is that we think our food is bland if it doesn't have enough poison in it.
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We are pretty fast compared to a lot of animals, especially when it comes to speed over any significant distance. Only a few other animals (like wolves and horses) can beat us in a long-distance race. And we're especially good at maintaining speed over distance in high temperatures -- as the temperature rises, our advantage there increases.
And having two hands to grab and grapple with (as opposed to only a mouth) is also a pretty rare and special skill in the animal kingdom. Maybe not the most impressive 'natural weaponry', but still quite useful and something to be feared by other animals. Then there's our sheer size -- we're certainly not the biggest ever, but in the grand scheme of things, we're definitely on the larger end of the spectrum, which gives us an advantage over most animals out there.
Yeah, yeah, the running thing.
Next you'll be saying you have a fighting chance against a chimpanzee.
you know what i call victory? not having to engage in fights in the first place.
Using my superior intellect and aforementioned running thing i can make the extremely complex strategic decision to run the fuck away from the chimp.
I wouldn't put money on us vs. a cheetah or even a bobcat
Depends on the distance. The cats are faster over a short distance, but can't keep it up for miles and miles.
Cheetahs have been clocked @70mph. That chase ain't getting any further than that short distance.
Ancient humans would casually jog at animals until they could no longer run away. Cheetahs can only run about 600 meters before they are forced to stop and rest. The shortest marathons are 42km. So yes, an average person on the street could almost certainly chase down a cheetah.
He said race, not chase. Can't keep up that 70mph for too long
It only needs to keep it up long enough to catch you.
Unless you think arranging a race with a cheetah for bragging rights alone is an entirely realistic situation 🙄
To my understanding, wild cheetahs aren't known to attack humans, being on the small and fragile side for big cats and going after smaller animals than an adult human generally, so being chased down by a cheetah isn't that likely either.
Curses. You know your cheetahs
Depends who's chasing who.
Whomst's chasing who
A single human would likely loose. 5 humans against 5 cheetahs?even if the cheetahs could work together, with basic weaponary (eg. Spears) the humans win.
Now hold on a goddamn minute, nobody said you could bring spears into this
.. that's what the cheetahs said
SURPRISE MOTHAFUCKAS
A Cheetah will do a half mile faster than a human. 50 miles? 100% bread ape victory.