Humans have a difference in running speed person to person compared to other animals, amirite?

I mean I highly doubt my well fed, spoilt cats and dog could run anywhere close to as fast as their wild counterparts. They aren't fat or anything but they don't exactly have the motivation the strays have since if they don't catch whatever they're chasing they won't starve.

by Smart_Rub 1 year ago

I was going to say that the speed of dogs varies significantly from breed to breed

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Even within the breed there's variation, otherwise dog/horse racing wouldn't be a thing

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Yeah variation but it's the fact that it's a generally short variation that makes them interesting

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Mush of that breeding is due to human intervention and picking other dominant traits.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It varies by how domesticated they are, like people. If you put 1000 people on an island, chased them, and the 5 slowest people were eaten everyday you would eventually see progression toward the mean lol

by False-Ad3059 1 year ago

That's different though since dogs are a man made creation

by Anonymous 1 year ago

classic case of nature vs too much nurture

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Plus, humans have varying levels of personal activity. If we had to run after prey or run away from predators all day long, we would all be in shape the same way other animals are. Thata another reason some of our domesticated cats and dogs "aren't fat."

by Jermainereichel 1 year ago

You would be surprised. When housecat adrenaline kicks in, they are just as capable as their wild cousins of causing absolute havoc. I've seen three grown men fail to hold down a domestic cat at the vet before.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

housecat adrenaline sounds like some sort of cool power-up a main character in a novel would get

by Anonymous 1 year ago

"Catgirl maid gets housecat adrenaline when angry and wreaks havoc" sounds like a light novel title

by Anonymous 1 year ago

it's probably related to natural selection In the animal kingdom the weak (slow in this context) are left to die

by PolicyDry1260 1 year ago

Not just that but also animals have all the same incentive to run. A fire fighter and an accountant will have different levels of training in running

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Ah yes! This makes sense

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The fact that you did not immediately realize this means... You're human and so will your kids.

by Mission_Return3456 1 year ago

Had me in the first half ngl

by Murky-Confusion 1 year ago

Or jog after prey until it gives up and dies.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

My favorite human skill definitely is our ability to outlast every other animal in a marathon

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Well we can in theory outrun them but I already know a deer is running circles around me lmfao.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I think you'd be surprised what you can accomplish, even now. I bet you could crush a 10 mile hike with 30 lbs on your back with zero training. But if you actually took care of yourself (no offense, really!), the sky is kinda the limit there.

by Direct-Chipmunk 1 year ago

I mean tbf, I would not have said I what I said if you were the one I was replying to. I try my best to keep my encouraging words as genuine as possible. But for real, I think, with enough training, a 2 mile walk around your neighborhood is totally feasible for you. Don't sell yourself short. Collecting the chicken nuggets your Mum made for you instead of having her bring them to your room for you would be a great start!

by Direct-Chipmunk 1 year ago

I weigh mine down too much I can't get it moving😔

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Several animals could beat humans in a marathon, including camels, ostriches and pronghorns.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Gazel: what even are you? Human: I'm gonna eat you. Gazel runs away Human: a'ight man, I'll see ya tomorrow. Proceeds to walk like, slightly faster.

by Haagfriedrich 1 year ago

That was almost never how it happened. Humans would literally run bigger animals to death.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Not YET.

by Laurierodriguez 1 year ago

That was a pretty good point. There's not many milliseconds between peak athletes of running sports

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Natural athletes have a small advantage over the average person. The average human could get very close to Olympic sprinter level if they were to train the same. It's just that competition at that level, small advantages make all the difference. Our bodies are amazing, even if they aren't exceptional.

by Living-Bobcat 1 year ago

It wouldn't be like that, sprint speed is pretty innate, you generally only get a little bit faster from getting in shape. Either you can run or you can't. Professional athletes are in the "can" category.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Where are you pulling this idea from? Training absolutely makes runners faster.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

How many times have you seen a slow dude trying to get fast lol?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

<looks at placid ginger cat> <looks at frantic tabby> You sure, bro? Seriously, anyone who really knows two of the same species well knows there's massive variability out there.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

My neighbor has a basset hound that would beg to differ.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I disagree for only 1 reason. I had a border collie, and she was FAST. Much faster than most border collies. I would take her to the dog park, and she made friends with another border collie her age. The other dog's owner would throw a ball, and my dog would wait for the other dog to start running. She would catch up to the dog, run in front of the dog and then drop behind the dog, then when the dog got the ball and started to run back to it's owner, my dog would run along the other dog and take the ball from his mouth! It was amazing to see the speed and control she had. Unfortunately, she had a real wild shadow OCD, and it made her a terrible agility dog (she would start running the course like lightning, then notice her shadow, then she would just chase her shadow around! LOL)

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Sounds exactly how my ADHD brain works.

by Lanky_Gift_2620 1 year ago

If the world is our oyster might as well slurp it up! Humans 1# baby! The rest of the food chain can blow us.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This just isn't true. Animals have a varying speed as well

by Intrepid-Set1930 1 year ago

Has OP never seen a horse race?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Or a greyhound race?

by Present_Moment_3929 1 year ago

In most animal species the animals are all adapted to the same style of living and live similar lives. Humans adapted to many different lifestyles around the world and today and our lifestyles range from professional athletes who train every day to office workers that drive to work and spend 90% of their time sitting and laying down.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Seems to be working for us... No tigers. (But don't open the can of tuna fish... Tiger will do anything for a tuna fish sandwich... they're kinda stupid that way 🐯)

by Anonymous 1 year ago

The difference in human individuals is probably just as big as the difference between animal individuals of the same species.

by santino87 1 year ago

I doubt that's true. When's the last time you saw an out-of-shape animal in the wild, not counting those that live around humans and get fed by them?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Well no, have you ever ridden horses?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

It's mostly because humans don't need to run as a survival skill. Also, you don't see many obese animals in the wild.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Hippopotamus would like a word.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Hippos can actually run shockingly fast though

by Anonymous 1 year ago

And they are fat in comparison to most animals.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They are not fat but mainly muscle

by weberoliver 1 year ago

You know about race horses? Compared to plow horses? Or greyhounds vs pugs?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Animals do not all run at the same speed. Similar to humans, some are faster than others.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I have two boxer and one runs faster than the other. Same as my cats. If all animals ran the same speed of their respective species we wouldn't have dog or horse races and those animals wouldn't be selectively bred to be even faster

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Also, I say humans have a lot more choice compared to other animals. We can get up and exercise everyday and be at the peak of human strength or you can sit around and eat fattening food and not move an inch and you can still technically "make it". Most other animals have to do basically the same thing to survive so they're more or less in the same spot.

by AnyHighlight8406 1 year ago

Just like my two fat cats at home. Survival of the fittest is left at the door and eased by my feeding them daily.

by Konopelskibrend 1 year ago

How many animals reach morbid obesity?

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Ive seen some raccoons

by Comfortable-Menu 1 year ago

just roll then smh

by Anonymous 1 year ago

no individual animals are not all calibrated to the same speed thats silly but the extra slow ones will die

by Cmclaughlin 1 year ago

We can't run as fast as most animals, but we can run for longer.

by Smithamrobb 1 year ago

Some of us can run as fast as many wild animals, but not the fast animals. I'm personally capping out just shy of 24mph.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I've never measured my speed but I once raced my grandmother in a school zone and I was keeping pace at like 13 years old

by Smithamrobb 1 year ago

I'm sure now I'd be much slower

by Smithamrobb 1 year ago

I need to find a way to measure myself now at 28

by Smithamrobb 1 year ago

Okay good to know. I was never in track in high school, I was just a lowkey fast kid. Now I'm sure I'll be a lot slower but I still want to measure myself

by Smithamrobb 1 year ago

This is human bias if I've ever seen it

by tara86 1 year ago

They are the best of the best of the best.. with honours. We are everyone.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I think most animals that actually have to hunt and flee predators to survive are definitely more athletic compared to a lot of humans. But also we know how to exercise in a very efficient way and basically unlimited calories at least in the developed world

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I don't think David Attenborough is looking for "the slowest cheetah". Also imagine if a society of cheetahs was smart enough to organize, train for, and go at a 100 meter sprint? It's not that humans are different, it's that amoung animals, we really have no way to like, really get into the weeds on "is this cheetah faster then this one?" I'm sure a "trained cheetah" would be faster then your average wild one.

by Unlucky-Quail 1 year ago

Joke that fits: Two buddies are out hiking, crossing a large field when a bear appears, roars, and starts running towards them. John screams, turns and starts running. Jim crouches to quickly tie his shoes. John screams "What are you doing? You'll never outrun the bear!" Jim says "I only have to outrun you!" Ba dum tsss...

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Booooo

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Nah, my pug was definitely SIGNIFICANTLY slower than a greyhound. She probably couldn't have beaten a rock in a race

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Nah. Chester Cheetah is faster than Charlie Cheetah.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

What are you on about? There are definitely physical differences between animals of the same species.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Also there is not really that much variation in humanity. An amateur with ambition can get reasonably close to a world record. Like the half marathon world record is 57 something. If you go to a race with a few hundred participants ods are someone will run 1:16 to 1:20. Which is damn close if you think about it.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

This is true in distance running, but not in sprinting. An average person will never get close to the 100m dash record, no matter how bad he wants it. Maybe within several seconds, but that's a very significant margin in a race that lasts 10-12 seconds.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

They have more legs than us dummy

by sabbott 1 year ago

I have two domesticated cats with wildly different physical abilities.

by NearbySoil6795 1 year ago

Well wild animals are all kind of "training" the same way all day. If you compared a wild deer to one that lived as a pet the wild one would be faster, assuming yheir health was otherwise the same. Horses can be trained for endurance and it makes a big difference how far they can run. Dogs need to train just like people if you want to take them on a hike or run.

by FederalAlternative33 1 year ago

That's confirmation bias, you are in contact with humans far more than you are in contact with a large population of animals. Also, some animal breeds (like dogs and horses) were specifically bred for speed and are a niche, so the population is also small as a whole

by Anonymous 1 year ago

My survival is in no way contingent on my ability to run. It's not so much that every gazelle in the herd runs around the same speed, it's that they all run just a little faster than the lions.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Most humans specialize in a few different skills. While most of us have similar potential, some choose to level up our skills in a different area. Most other earthly creatures don't get to choose what they get to specialize in. Domesticated animals are also pushed to certain specializations. Once again, though, they don't get to choose. An untrained horse could be obese, but it could also be trained to be a racehorse. There would be a drastic speed difference for the horse in question.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

I've never seen animals of the same breed have a race.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Tell me you've never owned two of the same animals in your life without telling me.

by brain14 1 year ago

Animals leave an average same life all of them,even the bringing up...but human beings we are different by the way we brought up n stuff

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Can you really compare small groups of isolated "breeds" to the entirety of humanity?

by Brownmarlen 1 year ago

Ain't no survival of the fittest when you're such an apex predator.

by Anonymous 1 year ago

Have you seen the 20 years marrying old guys for there money Try the same in a ferrari

by Anonymous 1 year ago