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One of our quirks as a species is that we think our food is bland if it doesn't have enough poison in it. (lemmy.today)
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[-] Fawkes@lemmy.zip 13 points 3 days ago

Ancient humans would casually jog at animals until they could no longer run away. Cheetahs can only run about 600 meters before they are forced to stop and rest. The shortest marathons are 42km. So yes, an average person on the street could almost certainly chase down a cheetah.

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