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• gibmiser@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  What preditor was so fast horses had to evolve to that extent??

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  • PyroVK@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Big cat. You’re aware of the cheetah? Just picture that but not in Africa

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    • caseyweederman@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You know what really caught me up: where are horses native to?

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      • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        There are wild horses on the Mongolian steppes.

        All other horses are domesticated. Even the free horses in USA and Australia are descendants of domesticated horses.

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      • PyroVK@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        PBS Eons has a couple good videos on both horse evolution and domestication.

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      • webghost0101@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Equus simplicidens lived around 4 million years ago in North America, relying on speed, stamina, and herd behavior for protection from predators like early wolves and big cats. Their survival, much like modern equids, depended on strong social structures and collective awareness. Over time, this lineage spread to other continents via land bridges before becoming extinct in North America. evolved into the distinct species of horses, zebras, and donkeys and where to the american continent reintroduced by humans.

        -chatgpt + edits

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  • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Us. They basically tried to beat pursuit predation by outrunning the distance humans will be willing to track over.

    It did not work, they went extinct in North America because of how much it did not work.

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    • ChonkyOwlbear@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Large predatory flightless birds didn’t help either.

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      • rockerface@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Ah, sweet home Caelid

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      • Dutczar@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “What are those? I know predatory and flightless birds, but both?”

        I have looked it up before posting, I learned something new today

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  • bstix@feddit.dk ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Human. Not for food, but because they always choose to breed on the Porcshe over the Toyota Hilux for racing.

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    • PhlubbaDubba@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The wording here makes it sound like we hunted horses for the specific purpose of having sex on them

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  • match@pawb.social ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    the mongols

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  • PersnickityPenguin@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Saber toothed tigers and shit

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    • sukhmel@programming.dev ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Saber toothed shit is a serious reason

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• Bytemeister@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Same for rabbits. The are basically as much lean muscle that can fit on the lighest possible skeleton.

  If you pick up a rabbit wrong, they can snap their own back with the momentum from kicking their back legs.

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I did this too and will also never own a horse lmao. This is why horse people are weird.

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  • lath@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Some people love caring for fragile things. Boosts their self-esteem. It can also break them when they fail.

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  • Flocklesscrow@lemm.ee ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    *one reason

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  • klemptor@startrek.website ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Same here haha

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• jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Basically a 900LB Cocker Spaniel that’s afraid of it’s own farts and will eventually kill every single tree within reach. I also will never own horses.

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  • Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i mean if i haven’t kept the best diet for a couple days i’m afraid of my own farts too

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