Learned something that wrinkled my brain.

[FLOOB]

You need to learn to use specific language in your writing when necessary, as in this case. "A human" would be used to indicate any human picked at random is capable of this feat. What you should have said is "this human" to indicate a particular person.

No I'm uncannily astute at words and toejam. That my logical and literal syntax mislead you is not my fault. The fact is that "humans have done it" is completely equivalent to "a human can do it".

[100Coogn]

I have a hairy butt.
I think I'm regressing.

Coogan

[FLOOB]

I have a hairy butt.
I think I'm regressing.

Coogan

I wax mine bruh. Glimmering Glutes of steel!

[OldNitro]

I read somewhere that Polar Bears are the best swimmers of land animals.
Travel 100s of miles, their blubber insulates, and makes them float like a cork.

[100Coogn]

I wax mine bruh. Glimmering Glutes of steel!

 

Coogan

[FLOOB]

I read somewhere that Polar Bears are the best swimmers of land animals.
Travel 100s of miles, their blubber insulates, and makes them float like a cork.

Yes now that you mention it I remember hearing something like this. Still, human dive reflex is pretty cool. Perhaps more importantly, just who's side are you on OldNitro? Man or bear, pick a team! 

[FLOOB]

I can travel 125 miles under 12 hours on my hands "walking" backwards balancing a large bowl of marbles with my feet while in an uphill direction on a gravel road slick with muddy puddles. And, with no breaks.

Anybody beat that?

Yes. His name and title was Baron Munchausen.

[DaveBB]

You can cruise pretty much all day long doing 10 minute miles.  This goes for almost everyone that has the ability to run.  So that's 6 miles an hour.  6mph x 12hrs=72miles.  Not quite a hundred miles but not too far off either. 

[Zimme83]

Everything comes at a prize, humans can tolerate heat very well due to the ability to sweat but on the other hand we will be among the first to freeze to death if temperatures drop. Most animals trades edurance for speed, its no point to run an hour if you arent fast enough to outrun the predator.

[FLOOB]

Most animals trades edurance for speed, its no point to run an hour if you arent fast enough to outrun the predator.

Unless you are the predator.

[PR3D4TOR]

I ran 20 miles in less than 4 hours in fatigues and boots carrying 60 lbs of gear. But that was when I was an immortal young whippersnapper. With running shoes and shorts + plenty of fluids and glucose pit stops along the way I might have made 100 miles in 12 hours back then.

[Randall172]

Remember homo sapiens sapiens evolved to be the best terrestrial endurance hunter. In Africa stone age tribes still hunt this way, basically they'll chase/track an antelope (you read right, a GD antelope) until it collapses from exhaustion and heat stroke. But get this, not only are humans amazing on land, turns out the human body has something called a dive reflex enabling us to dive to depths of 100 meters on a single breath of air. The body shunts blood and retards some functions to enable this. No other terrestrial animal can match homo sapiens sapiens at diving and endurance swiming, just as no other terrestrial animal is able to match us at overland travel.

And people wondered how it could be that primitive man habitated every corner of the globe before we could read or write.. Pfft.

Man vs Nature.. the road to victory.

not the best endurance hunter, the best endurance hunter in high temperatures.

lower the temps, and most animals will outpace us in the long run.

ie sled dogs, gazelle in lower temperatures will outpace us, horses in lower temperatures will outpace us.

the diving/endurance swimming claim is false, polar bears more than outpace us in both.

polar bears actually beat us in all the metrics you gave in non-scorching temperatures.

[NatCigg]

Remember homo sapiens sapiens evolved to be the best terrestrial endurance hunter. In Africa stone age tribes still hunt this way, basically they'll chase/track an antelope (you read right, a GD antelope) until it collapses from exhaustion and heat stroke. But get this, not only are humans amazing on land, turns out the human body has something called a dive reflex enabling us to dive to depths of 100 meters on a single breath of air. The body shunts blood and retards some functions to enable this. No other terrestrial animal can match homo sapiens sapiens at diving and endurance swiming, just as no other terrestrial animal is able to match us at overland travel.

And people wondered how it could be that primitive man habitated every corner of the globe before we could read or write.. Pfft.

Man vs Nature.. the road to victory.

  ah yes another fascinating thread.  I got a earfull about this from my girlfriend the other nite so it must be on facebook.    Im reminded of the mailman that said he walked around the world 6 times while at work.  While our genetics do not make us perfect runners or even perfect walkers, the bipedal position and accompanying efficient movement is a valuable natural asset to find food and territory.  The advanced brain and ability to work together was more valuable.  how we beat out the other similar humans, neanderthal erectus and others, could be related to calorie demand.  Or maybe the ability run in the african plains with big cats and dogs was the adaptive environment that created the true spider monkey.    who was quickly able to spread around the world. 

[branch37]

I walked around the world 6 times in 2 days and never left Disney World.


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[BuckShot]

I remember reading somewhere that skipping is more efficient than running...