Jogging is practice for how humans killed pretty much all the megafauna in the world: exhaustion hunting.
Also fire probably. Lots and lots of fire
Pointy sticks.
damn those pointy sticks said the animal
I think scaring them over Cliff sides came into okay as well, though you aren’t wrong.
Animals understand play. Although not sure where the ball is.
You know where the balls are ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
So apex that most of us outsource our hunting and farming, which makes us fat and slow unless we purposefully burn energy for no other purpose than to burn it.
I mean yes, literally… We were able to completely supplant the natural order. For better or worse.
So apex that even hunters need firearms because they’re not fit enough to hunt without them nowadays, and unable to improvise and use self made weapons like the og hunters did.
I guess people that drive a forklift are “apex powerlifters” too.
Smart apex hunters always conserve as much energy as they can during a hunt. Because you don’t know when your next meal might show up. And firearms do make hunting a more sure thing. Hunting game, of any kind, is high risk-- higher reward effort. Most hunters go home empty handed or with little to show for the effort. But, if you do get it right, the effort can be handsomely rewarded.
So if you are smart enough to develop ranged weapons, you eagerly use them to hunt supper.
Seafood requires far less effort to collect. Make lobster traps and trotlines which are catching food while you can do other tasks at the same time. Seaweed for some veggies on the side.
Seafood requires a lot of expensive resources to acquire. Boats, nets, traps, baits, access to the water, and not to mention the inherent risk of being on the ocean. Better to hunt herbivores on land.
Sure you can spend a lot if you want, but I have caught crabs with a bit of string. Seen people catch stuff bare handed as well.
Fishing is fun and good, but you still need access to water with a fish living in it. But a sharp stick or a rock is still cheaper and easier. Even a bow and arrow is very low tech and easily fashioned.
Well I live on the coast in the UK, so there is quite a bit of access to water. But even inland you should have lakes/rivers with fish in them too, even if they can be a bit harder to catch.
Not sure there, most seafishing methods are illegal on freshwater here.
But could the average hunter still hunt without the help of modern technology? Those who are entirely unable to do so are obviously not apex predators.
A lion can hunt any day without relying on a rifle, the vast majority of hunters could not.
So if you are smart enough to develop ranged weapons
Hunters that can build their own bows or spears and are able to hunt with them are genuine apex predators, that’s fair.
Those who are completely reliant on industrially produced high tech firearms bought in a store, and would be outcompeted by any house cat without them, are not.
A lion can hunt because they come with weapons biologically attached. Humans not so much. And even you could fashion a spear with little effort. Which by your definition would make you a apex predator. And it did so for millennia.
I’m an old toolmaker that still has a small shop. I could make firearms from scratch if I wanted to. There is nothing special or complex about them. But I choose to purchase them from stores. So perhaps that demotes me from being a apex predator.
In order to make a firearm from scratch you must first create the universe.
In order to bake an apple pie you must also create the universe.
Run for fun? What the hell kinda fun is that?!
Here’s to ya’ blacksmith 🥃
I cannot stop laughing 😂
Personally I think humans run because they are a species with enough cognitive abilities to be masochists
As someone who started running last year because it’s supposedly “good for you”, I’m inclined to agree lol
It’s because we grew out of having to do physical work 8-12 hours every day just to stay alive.
I actually love physical work! I just hate running 😆
They are running from existential dread.
So we are the prey?
Always have been.
I also get confused when I see people jogging, don’t they know lounging around eating snacks is way more fun?
I can’t see why anyone would down vote
Human zoomies feel great :)
My favorite is to shout out, ‘What are you running from!’ when people jog by.
“Therapy was also an option”
No !
cries
I tried and even the shrink told me to exercise and eat better. It’s so over bros
My answer would be “You!”
Stelthi
Would look creepy on a T-shirt and even more creepy as a tattoo.
Maybe it could work on like an ironic t-shirt or something, but it would heavily depend on if there is anything else on the t-shirt.
Depends on the animal, I suppose. A lion or a wolf would be too edgy and have rapey vibes, but a house cat or derpy good boy would be funny to me.
An octopus with Apex Predator under it while it is unscrewing a jar would own.
deleted by creator
“He’s running so slow…”
1 hour later
“How can he still be running like that?”
I mean, if animals engage in pretend fights and other forms of play, it seems that they can on some level grasp the idea of practicing or doing something for fun.
Run…for FUN? What the hell kind of fun is that?
I just want you to know, I know what you’re referencing
Dogs do love a good jog though. Give that good boi a bit of kibble and then see how he feels.
I mean, the ability to run long distances without tiring is kind of what makes humans an apex predator. We can out-endurance just about every other creature. Most ancient human hunting techniques involved just wounding an animal, and then literally chasing it until it got too tired to keep going.
Wolves are very similar, which is what made us such natural hunting companions. The co-evolution of humans and dogs is an extremely interesting rabbit hole, if anyone is looking for one.
All that to say, the wolf would understand the need to run more than just about any other animal. A bear would work better here. A wolf would just see us running and think ‘game recognizes game’, just like they already did eons ago :3
I love this. Thank you
involved just wounding an animal
not even wounding. Just persistent tracking and following. Most prey animals can run away quickly, but need lots of rest.
Humans can just keep going. And going. And going. Until the prey just is too exhausted to run.
Got it.
I am prey.
It’s why the trope of an enemy that never stops/is endless is so terrifying, and thus common in media.
That’s why you can’t take your eyes off the snail!
That’s actually the decoy snail
Pay some college students to cast the snail in epoxy.
Yes, very true! I almost added that when writing my comment, but didn’t want to blather on too long in a comment about a meme haha
I guess the Energizer Bunny was an evolution that came about, due to humanity’s hunting style…
No, no I didn’t need that rabbit hole…
(spends the next hour reading about it)
That how traditional zombies hunt ppl. Slow and inevitable.
