robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agoWhat animal could you take in a fight?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square229fedilinkarrow-up1971arrow-down119
arrow-up1952arrow-down1imageWhat animal could you take in a fight?lemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square229fedilink
minus-squarePatapon Enjoyer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·edit-28 months agoHorses are skittish and will run from you, maybe an athletic human who knows how to track could chase it down until it’s exhausted caveman style What about those miniature horses?
minus-squareFlax@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·8 months agoI think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
minus-squareMalachaiConstant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoWe’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoYeah horse messengers were only really a thing when you could change horses at stations. That’s the whole point of the marathon. It’s based on the history of a foot messenger (at a time when we very much had domesticated horses).
minus-squareThe_Lopen@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoLol does the horse retreat count as a victory?
Horses are skittish and will run from you, maybe an athletic human who knows how to track could chase it down until it’s exhausted caveman style
What about those miniature horses?
I think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
We’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
Yeah horse messengers were only really a thing when you could change horses at stations. That’s the whole point of the marathon. It’s based on the history of a foot messenger (at a time when we very much had domesticated horses).
Lol does the horse retreat count as a victory?