robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 years agoWhat animal could you take in a fight?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square238linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down121
arrow-up1988arrow-down1imageWhat animal could you take in a fight?lemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 3 years agomessage-square238linkfedilink
minus-squareHM King Charles III DG FD@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·3 years agoI think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
minus-squareusrtrv@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon
minus-squareMalachaiConstant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·3 years agoWe’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
minus-square✺roguetrick✺@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·3 years agoYeah horse messengers were only really a thing when you could change horses at stations. That’s the whole point of the marathon. It’s based on the history of a foot messenger (at a time when we very much had domesticated horses).
I think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon
We’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
Yeah horse messengers were only really a thing when you could change horses at stations. That’s the whole point of the marathon. It’s based on the history of a foot messenger (at a time when we very much had domesticated horses).