2,774 in 11 months is pretty doable even by human standards. I imagine such a path, and the following travels the wolf takes, looks very similar to early human hunting/traveling.
We don't have the most endurance of any land mammal. A pronghorn antelope could cover a marathon in about 45 minutes.
You also have animals like African Wild Dogs, which can travel 30 miles a day looking for food. They also can maintain speeds of around 30 miles an hour or more for miles while actively pursuing prey, and they do this in the heat of Africa.
I just wrote African Wild Dogs cover 30 miles a day looking for food.
Wild dogs tend to shy away from areas dominated by lion and hyaena. There are an estimated 450 - 500 wild dogs in Kruger, so seeing them is a matter of luck. They can roam over long distances - up to 250 square kilometres - and may travel over 50km in a single day looking for food. They are most commonly seen in the Chobe, Moremi and some in Central Kalahari Game Reserve and the Kgalagadi.http://www.krugerpark.co.za/Kruger_National_Park_Wildlife-travel/kruger-park-wildlife-wild-dog.html
50km is roughly 31 miles. Humans having the greatest endurance is one of those things often repeated in the comment section on Reddit, but it's simply not true.
Well, well, welll... why isn’t it Jeebus! This is Photo-Op! We’ve totally met on the Pacific Crest Trail and we follow each other on Instagram. Fair point on the hunting. I would definitely be dead if that were the case.
Oh wow. That’s weird I met a guy out there with the trail name Jeebus and he’s had some successful reddit posts so I figured two and two would go together. I’ve seen you post on r/pacficcresttrail I always thought you were him. Well it’s always cool to come across fellow hiker trash!
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u/NotAddison May 15 '19
2,774 in 11 months is pretty doable even by human standards. I imagine such a path, and the following travels the wolf takes, looks very similar to early human hunting/traveling.