• Kenyan villagers chase and capture two goat-killing cheetahs
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[img]http://imgkk.com/i/-_0q.jpg[/img] [url]http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-24953910[/url] [quote]Four villagers in north-east Kenya have chased down and captured two cheetahs which were killing their goats. The owner of the goats told the BBC that the cheetahs had been picking off his animals one by one, day by day. The men waited till the hottest part of the day before launching the chase over a distance of four miles (6.4km). The cheetahs got so tired they could not run any more. The villagers captured them alive and handed them over to the Kenya Wildlife Service. "I need compensation from them because the cheetahs killed most of my goats," Nur Osman Hassan told the BBC's Somali Service.[/quote]
I'm positively surprised that they didn't kill them.
[QUOTE=rosthouse;42870474]I'm positively surprised that they didn't kill them.[/QUOTE] [I]"Killing us won't bring back your damn goats!"[/I]
Cheetahs are great sprinters but endurance wise, Humans beat most things.
A perfect example of what we were designed for.
[QUOTE=Valiantttt;42870561]Cheetahs are great sprinters but endurance wise, Humans beat most things.[/QUOTE] Iirc arn't we the only mammal capable of pulling it off? (Chasing other animals into exhaustion)
I'm surprised how well they are treating the cheetahs, even cooling them down with a hose. I'd assume they'd just smash them to death.
[QUOTE=Hoffa1337;42870744]I'm surprised how well they are treating the cheetahs, even cooling them down with a hose. I'd assume they'd just smash them to death.[/QUOTE] eh they're people not wild animals why would they smash the cheetah to death
[QUOTE=kenji;42870676]Iirc arn't we the only mammal capable of pulling it off? (Chasing other animals into exhaustion)[/QUOTE] I've never heard this before, anyone care to elaborate?
[QUOTE=Shadow801;42870791]I've never heard this before, anyone care to elaborate?[/QUOTE] Basically, because humans can sweat as they run and don't have fur or anything, they can run and stay cool without stopping, assuming the hunter's fit and trained. Most people think it was the main reason early humans survived so well, because while things could outrun humans easily, nothing could keep it up for an entire day, non-stop.
[QUOTE=thisispain;42870785]eh they're people not wild animals why would they smash the cheetah to death[/QUOTE] [QUOTE] Kenya [/QUOTE]
Go humans! Well surprised how these kenyians handled this. Around here we just shoot the bears or wolfs that are killing our sheeps
[QUOTE=Shadow801;42870791]I've never heard this before, anyone care to elaborate?[/QUOTE] You know how Michael Myers from the Halloween franchise just walks at a slow gait, yet tends to always catch up to those that run away from him? That's how humans work as predators.
[QUOTE=Shadow801;42870791]I've never heard this before, anyone care to elaborate?[/QUOTE]To add on what Pilotguy97 said, we've also got something few other animals have to the degree we do: binocular vision. Endurance is great, but we don't have the sense of smell or hearing to adequately track prey once they get really far away. Relying on our impressive (and I do mean impressive) visual tracking, we can follow herds of animals miles and miles away from us. Not only that, but we can recognize shapes and colors, so we can track animals we can't see by following their footprints and excrement. Imagine you're an antelope, or a deer, or something. You stop to sleep? There's some humans jogging closer and closer. You stop to graze? There they are, leisurely jogging up to you. You stop to drink? Surprise surprise, that pack of humans showed up! Jogging. No matter what you do, how fast and how far you flee, the human will always just... [i]show up[/i] as if he knows where you at all times. Marathon runners are basically terrifying.
[QUOTE=SwizzChees;42870827]Go humans! Well surprised how these kenyians handled this. Around here we just shoot the bears or wolfs that are killing our sheeps[/QUOTE] A bear is also a lot more dangerous than a cute kitty cat.
[QUOTE=Valiantttt;42870561]Cheetahs are great sprinters but endurance wise, Humans beat most things.[/QUOTE] Humans aren't just any type of predator, were a pursuit predator, the damn scariest kind on the planet, we don't have the speed or strength of other animals, although we probably have the best eyesight (even counting most birds), but we are the most durable thing on the planet. Imagine you're a deer, or hey, a lone wolf, and you see a human with a spear, you're now thinking, I want to get away from this thing, its bigger then me and it's not backing down, so you run for a bit until you think you lost him and decide to rest for a little. 5 minutes later, you see the same human, now you think, oh shit, I need to GTFO. So you run a little bit harder, and longer, now you are tired out, and you need rest, so seeing as the human is no where in sight, you lay down, 15 minutes pass and you hear rustling in the bush. Thats right, he found you. This goes on and on until you collapse, dead from exhaustion, and the human never had to expend even a 10th of his energy to do it, didn't even have to dull the tip of his spear. Thats what a pursuit predator does, and its the damn scariest thing in the world, and we are the best at it. [editline]15th November 2013[/editline] [QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;42871259]To add on what Pilotguy97 said, we've also got something few other animals have to the degree we do: binocular vision. Endurance is great, but we don't have the sense of smell or hearing to adequately track prey once they get really far away. Relying on our impressive (and I do mean impressive) visual tracking, we can follow herds of animals miles and miles away from us. Not only that, but we can recognize shapes and colors, so we can track animals we can't see by following their footprints and excrement. Imagine you're an antelope, or a deer, or something. You stop to sleep? There's some humans jogging closer and closer. You stop to graze? There they are, leisurely jogging up to you. You stop to drink? Surprise surprise, that pack of humans showed up! Jogging. No matter what you do, how fast and how far you flee, the human will always just... [i]show up[/i] as if he knows where you at all times. Marathon runners are basically terrifying.[/QUOTE] Best visual acuity on the planet I believe, and we can take in information and use it in ways nothing else can, that's why we are such good predators.
I assume it was like this but without the killing [video=youtube;826HMLoiE_o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o[/video]
Also, bipedal running means we're not nearly as fast, but we don't expend as much energy.
Also, we have invented plastic water bottles, so if we do end up sweating most of our water out, we can just use those.
Threads like this remind me that no matter how bad human society is, we're still pretty fucking boss, as a species.
they had to chase them for [U]4 miles[/U]? animals really are amazing..
[QUOTE=kenji;42870676]Iirc arn't we the only mammal capable of pulling it off? (Chasing other animals into exhaustion)[/QUOTE] lol no. There are predators with more endurance than people.
are cheetahs always that small? that cheetah looks like a lil baby (a cute but vicious lil baby)
[QUOTE=halflambada;42872130]are cheetahs always that small? that cheetah looks like a lil baby (a cute but vicious lil baby)[/QUOTE] They've got to be pretty small to be that quick.
[QUOTE=Falubii;42872125]lol no. There are predators with more endurance than people.[/QUOTE]Name an [i]apex[/i] mammalian predator that can run continuously for a length of time greater than humans. Yiannis Kouros is particularly good at running really far in a reasonable amount of time. So far his record (and the world record) for 24 hour road marathon running is 290km, at about 12km/h non-stop. Compare this to your average grizzly bear, the king of the North American wilderness, who can only manage 160km in a single day. Mind you, there's no way in hell a bear would follow something for 160km in a day because bears have a major flaw that we don't: hibernation. They cannot afford to waste calories chasing shit all over the countryside because every calorie they burn during the spring and summer has to be regained [i]in addition to[/i] the calories they need to store for winter. There is one other animal besides the bear that can come close to our long-distance endurance; man's best friend, the dog. Through years and years of selective breeding, we've created an animal that can run as long and hard as we can and they've helped us hunt for thousands of years.
We're practically hard wired to endurance run. 2 legs v. 4 legs = ~half the energy used. And don't forget runner's high. Humans literally get biologically rewarded for running hours on end.
Well I guess it just goes to show that if anyone should be able to outrun a goddamn cheetah, it would be the Kenyans.
[QUOTE=Simski;42873116]Well I guess it just goes to show that if anyone should be able to outrun a goddamn cheetah, it would be the Kenyans.[/QUOTE] Yeah I'm not surprised Kenyans were able to chase down cheetahs. Also one of the reasons that humans are able to endure longer than animals is because animals need to slow down to a certain pace and open up their mouths to cool off
[QUOTE=Complifused;42871387]I assume it was like this but without the killing [video=youtube;826HMLoiE_o]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o[/video][/QUOTE] I love the amount of respect for the animal after it's been caught.
[QUOTE=JumpinJackFlash;42871259]To add on what Pilotguy97 said, we've also got something few other animals have to the degree we do: binocular vision. Endurance is great, but we don't have the sense of smell or hearing to adequately track prey once they get really far away. Relying on our impressive (and I do mean impressive) visual tracking, we can follow herds of animals miles and miles away from us. Not only that, but we can recognize shapes and colors, so we can track animals we can't see by following their footprints and excrement. Imagine you're an antelope, or a deer, or something. You stop to sleep? There's some humans jogging closer and closer. You stop to graze? There they are, leisurely jogging up to you. You stop to drink? Surprise surprise, that pack of humans showed up! Jogging. No matter what you do, how fast and how far you flee, the human will always just... [I]show up[/I] as if he knows where you at all times. Marathon runners are basically terrifying.[/QUOTE] That reminds me of this: [URL]http://i.imgur.com/ASyumRs.jpg[/URL]
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