Comment on What animal could you take in a fight?

• Flax_vert@feddit.uk ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.

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  • usrtrv@lemmy.ml ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    en.m.wikipedia.org/…/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon

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  • MalachaiConstant@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    We’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them

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    • roguetrick@lemmy.world ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      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).

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• The_Lopen@sh.itjust.works ⁨7⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Lol does the horse retreat count as a victory?

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