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What are some incredible human feats we take for granted? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 4 months ago by SnokenKeekaGuard@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I just saw a video of the hundredth woman in space. Honestly just felt so bizzare that there's humans that have just .... left the planet. Thats insane.

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[–] truthfultemporarily@feddit.org 20 points 4 months ago (3 children)

Walking upright. Being able to walk all day.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 16 points 4 months ago (2 children)

It's such a BS way to play the game, man. Everyone else is using teeth and claws. Fucking boa constrictors are fucking cool as fuck. Fucking bipeds just walk and walk and walk. Total BS and completely uncool.

[–] The_Che_Banana@beehaw.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

laughs in whale-song

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Don't get started on those assholes with airholes!

"Oh, we were land creatures, but we went back to the seas!"

[–] SharkAttak@kbin.melroy.org 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

You know, in hindsight...

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 2 points 4 months ago

User name checks out

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

It is kind of like a goofy party trick, right? Oooh look, my whole standard gait is gravitationally unstable, but I never fall. Woooow.

[–] Dagwood222@lemm.ee 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Autocorrect is not your friend.

Gait.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 4 months ago

Fixed, thank you!

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (1 children)

I've heard there's no known limit. Presumably you'd have to sleep or die within a couple weeks.

We can also run further than other animals if we're in top shape, albeit more slowly.

[–] Arehandoro@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Camels can walk up to 100 miles carrying 300kg per day. No human can do that.

[–] CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

A human absolutely could walk 100 miles, and people often have. The weight thing needs to be scaled for body size, but you can carry quite a bit while doing it, too.

The only maybe-counterexample anthropologists talk about is actually sled dogs. Horses run out of steam faster. Presumably they've thought about about camels too.