• TheFogan@programming.dev
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    2 days ago

    it is also worth pointing out because we are thinking of the car comparison… but cheetah’s only spend a very brief time anywhere close to their top speed (usually under 30 seconds). A cheetah attack is over one way or the other in seconds, and a cheetah would almost die of heat stroke if it sprinted for a full minute.

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      IIRC one of the big evolutionary advantages of Homo Sapiens as a predator at least was stamina - or our ability to run for comparatively long periods of time.