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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

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Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
jack of all trades, master of none, but oftentimes better than a master of one

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- msage@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
  Oh, we are bad-ass runners. Top that one!
  
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  - Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    we’re certainly bad ass-runners, i’m not sure most people could even walk on their butts!
    
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    msage@programming.dev ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
    Relevant XKCD
    
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Soup@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago
We’re also the best marathon runners, as a species.

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starman2112@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

Plus of course capable of coming up with ways to cheat

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

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