robocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhat animal could you take in a fight?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square234fedilinkarrow-up1991arrow-down121
arrow-up1970arrow-down1imageWhat animal could you take in a fight?lemmy.worldrobocall@lemmy.world to Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square234fedilink
minus-squareFlax_vert@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoI think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
minus-squareMalachaiConstant@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoWe’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
minus-squareroguetrick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year 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).
minus-squareusrtrv@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon
I think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
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).
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Man_versus_Horse_Marathon