Academia Nut wrote:A human with proper training is like the Terminator of the animal kingdom: nothing can stop it. Unlike pretty much every other physical performance trait, endurance is one of those areas where we actually come out very close to the top of the pile.
How do humans compare with horses? I remember hearing about how some horses can cover over 100 km in a day. If any marathon runners can do that, its probably at a significantly lower average speed. There must be a reason for having domesticated horses after all. They must be about the only animal that can outlast humans.
Humans can outlast horses and indeed outrun horses over long distances. The reason that humans made use of horses is a few reasons. They make it easier to carry stuff. They make it faster getting from point a to point b (non long distance) and they make it easier to cover long distances (people usually would ride horses at walking speed rather than make them run over the entire distance).
Awesome. I am tempted to ask you if I can use this as a sig. At the risk of sending this thread off on a tangent, I wonder how a Karate master would fair against a very angry chimp. Sure, the chimp is much stronger, but it has no technique...yeah, the human would still probably lose.
Karate and other fighting arts are made to fight other humans, not animals. Human would probably get his hand bit off.
Brotherhood of the Monkey @( !.! )@ To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. ~Steve Prefontaine Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
Hmm. I wonder if would be possible to train chimps in some form of martial arts. Their bodies are different enough, though, that it would have to be some kind of style specifically designed for them. I can think of no reason why you would actually want to do this, except that it would be an interesting experiment from a psychological perspective.
Brotherhood of the Monkey @( !.! )@ To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. ~Steve Prefontaine Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht frist and lsat ltteer are in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by it slef but the wrod as a wlohe.
At the risk of sending this thread off on a tangent, I wonder how a Karate master would fair against a very angry chimp. Sure, the chimp is much stronger, but it has no technique...yeah, the human would still probably lose.