Also like, we aren’t cursed to a life of suffering and early death if something takes a bite out of our leg, we can patch it up and get assistance from those around us to still live a good life.
Comment on bitey
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
I got a bone to pick with this kind of diagram. Everyone likes to talk about how much better other animals are at things than us, but if you look at animals holistically, humans are really fuckin good at everything. Like yeah there’s a bunch of animals that are faster than us, a bunch of animals that bites stronger than us, a bunch of animals that are more muscular than us, but we’re consistently in like the top 10% overall
Finna make a version of this meme where it’s mice and rabbits
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
Hell yeah, that’s what sets humans and non-humans apart: if part of our pack can’t survive on their own, we take on the burden of surviving for them. No other animal can survive a broken femur like humans can, and it’s not because we have some incredible healing factor. Whenever I’m on the verge of feeling despair, I think about that 15,000 year old broken femur
P00ptart@lemmy.world 1 month ago
We CAN do that. Whether we choose to as a society, is far more up in the air, unfortunately.
Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
It’s well understood and documented that humans are very OP.
weststadtgesicht@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
All this picture says is basically “the bigger the jaw, the more biting force”. And then it compares animals with bigger jaws than humans
jumjummy@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Don’t forget about the human ability to literally chase an animal until it collapses with exhaustion. Humans are literally the monster from It Follows.
TriflingToad@lemmy.world 1 month ago
compared to body mass lizards probably have us beat there too. I remember catching a lizard when I was little then running around the yard screaming because it latched onto my finger
It didn’t even hurt, I was just scared
Zess@lemmy.world 1 month ago
We also have better full-light vision than a lot of animals, even the ones with good dark vision.
lenuup@reddthat.com 1 month ago
And we have better night vision than most the animals that have better day-vision than us. Humans are like the Leatherman of animals. Universally capable of doing most things but not as good as something specialized for that task. Plus of course capable of coming up with ways to cheat
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 month ago
jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one
msage@programming.dev 1 month ago
Oh, we are bad-ass runners. Top that one!
Soup@lemmy.world 1 month ago
We’re also the best marathon runners, as a species.
starman2112@sh.itjust.works 1 month ago
That’s the biggest one! People like to talk about how a naked human with no tools is weak, and like yeah, but that’s like saying your average house cat could kill a gorilla if you simply removed its muscles