How athletic are humans compared to other animals?
As far as ATHLETIC traits go compared to body size. Strength, speed, agility, endurance, etc.
When compared to other animals, how do us humans rank, athletically?
Probably under average. A chimpanzee is smaller than an average human, but is 3-4 times stronger than an average human.
Humans can climb, but in a climbing race against an animal such as an orangutan, we’d be put to shame.
In a foot race against most animals, we’d be put to shame, even against extremely large animals. I think the VERY top speed for a human is about 30 mph. The fastest land animal, the cheetah, has been recorded at nearly 70 mph. Gorillas can run at around the same speed as humans, but also outweigh us by a few hundred pounds, on average. That’s very impressive.
The world’s highest vertical leap is somewhere around 43"-44". A mountain lion can leap up to 20 feet from standing.
A wolf can run for several hours at the speed of 8 mph. Can you do that?
Oh, and a human can exert about 100-150 lbs of pressure through a bite. An equal sized dog can bite over 300 lbs of pressure. Large dogs like Mastiffs can exert over 500 lbs of pressure.
February 24th, 2010 at 9:44 am
Pretty low on the list.
We can beat a turtle, of course, or an armidillo. However, compared to nature’s top predators (and a lot of prey), we are clumsy.
Lions, bears, crocidiles even a deer or a cow (ever seen an angry bull?) could kill us.
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February 24th, 2010 at 10:14 am
Probably under average. A chimpanzee is smaller than an average human, but is 3-4 times stronger than an average human.
Humans can climb, but in a climbing race against an animal such as an orangutan, we’d be put to shame.
In a foot race against most animals, we’d be put to shame, even against extremely large animals. I think the VERY top speed for a human is about 30 mph. The fastest land animal, the cheetah, has been recorded at nearly 70 mph. Gorillas can run at around the same speed as humans, but also outweigh us by a few hundred pounds, on average. That’s very impressive.
The world’s highest vertical leap is somewhere around 43"-44". A mountain lion can leap up to 20 feet from standing.
A wolf can run for several hours at the speed of 8 mph. Can you do that?
Oh, and a human can exert about 100-150 lbs of pressure through a bite. An equal sized dog can bite over 300 lbs of pressure. Large dogs like Mastiffs can exert over 500 lbs of pressure.
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February 24th, 2010 at 10:50 am
We are rubbish but smarter and build things to replace our downfalls
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