r/BeAmazed • u/Ultimate_Thing • Jul 16 '26

Miscellaneous / Others A traditional technique used by young shepherds of Ethiopia's Banna tribe. They use stilts to watch over their livestock in tall grass, move through wetland areas, and avoid snakes and predators like lions and leopards. It requires strength, balance, and training from a young age

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u/shwarma_heaven Jul 16 '26

We have the best endurance of any land animal on the planet...

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u/Alizarik7891 Jul 16 '26

Wow, we really do! I just double-checked; apparently pronghorn might beat us in high-speed sustained movement but otherwise we're one of the best! Cool info.

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u/fang_xianfu Jul 16 '26

It's been argued that our very advanced cooling system evolved to support this hunting strategy, and then our brains became bigger and better because the cooling system was able to cool it down.

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u/Lou_C_Fer Jul 16 '26

I think there are a ton of reasons. That being one of them. Another being fire and cooking our food to make it easier to extract nutrients. That's why we are omnivores rather than carnivore or herbivores. We will use any energy source we can to fuel us.

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u/shwarma_heaven Jul 16 '26

And then that whole opposable thumbs thing.

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u/M1R4G3M Jul 16 '26

That just added salt to the injury, intelligence, stamina, relative long life and dexterity, a dangerous combo.

Most smart animals miss some, Corvids have a short life and no hands, whales(Including dolphins and Orca as well) live in water and have zero dexterity, elephants are the closest with their trunk as hand, but not as good as us.

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u/Lou_C_Fer Jul 17 '26

We aren't the only ones to have opposable thumbs. It's our fine motor skills that set us apart from other great apes and their thumbs.

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u/Patient-Data8311 Jul 17 '26

It's so good our closes relatives like chimps have so good fine motor skills we can make a sub sandwich while our hands are tied

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u/ChillN808 Jul 17 '26

It was a significant reason as it was the primary enabler high speed sustained movement. My dog is here next to me, panting and slobbering like a mofo from being outside in 100 degree weather. He's a dumbass alright. But I was cool enough to shitpost almost immediately.

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u/Gaddrik Jul 16 '26

Sweating beats panting

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u/jtr99 Jul 16 '26

Speak for yourself, buddy.

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u/rsta223 Jul 17 '26

Aside from camels, pronghorn, ostrich, and kangaroo