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UraniumBlazerCan I pet that dawgg???
Sure, liāl buddy! Heās coming quick, so Iām just going to run over there to take a picture.
Yes but only once
Yes, first you pet them on the outside, then you pet them on the inside.
A mighty steed!
You cannot prove that humans didnāt ride these into battle.
how is that not a dragon?
Gradually_AdjustingAll those ādragon typesā charts you see call this a drake. I donāt really get that because drakes are ducks.
But according to those charts, ducks are wyvernsā¦
DiplomjodlerGee, I wonder why those died out.
They failed at Fetch.
I bet there were humans trying to fuck them.
Yeah, who are they calling apex predator, take a look around.
More like ape-ex amirite
Fun fact, the reason dragons appear in literally every culture that developed language came from people surviving horrific encounters with enormous crocodiles.
Wow, that is fun!
But is that a fact
(itās not)
hairy cocodrile? artistic liberty?
Looks like they photoshopped a crocodile onto a bear
lol, i wasnāt paying attention clearly
Not to alarm anyone, but unless youāre doing the 100m in around 11s or less, current large crocodiles are still faster than you. But if youāre fit enough to keep the speed going, you should outlast them over short enough distance.
And if you canāt do any of that, well youāll have to run lateral to it and hope your agility out maneouvers them.
OwlOr that you have the adequate weapons on you, the knowledge and physical ability to use them properly.
chootem inna hed nah boah!
Serpentine!
Mythbusters tested whether it was better to zig zag or run straight away from a gator. Turns out, it doesnāt matter, gators wonāt chase you.
Ricky RigatoniTheyāve spent hundreds of millions of years sitting in lakes waiting for food to step in their mouths. They deserve to be called sloths more than actual sloths.
Swedneckthe question is though, do they qualify for gluttony? on one hand they eat entire deer in one sitting, but on the other hand they do that like once a week.
Did they test it on alligators or really hungry alligators?
It doesnāt necessarily matter. They just donāt like running after prey.
They can make swift dashes on land to catch prey sunbathing or something thatās escaping, but thatās the limits of what theyād like to do.
Itās like Pandas. Theyāre cute as hell, but if it wasnāt for us, theyād have died out already. Theyāve evolved themselves to a point where all they eat is one specific plant, and they have such a low sex drive that we canāt even show them Panda Porn to get them horny. We literally have to extract sperm from their balls and inject it into the uterus of the female to make baby pandas.
Evolution is lazy is what Iām trying to say.
Dude youāre completely totally wrong about Pandas.
Pandas only have fertility issues in captivity. Everything you described just now ONLY applies to pandas living in captivity
They do just fine in the wild. At least, they
The reason for their falling population numbers is their loss of habitat.
And if I remember correctly they have one cub every two years, overall low rate of reproduction but that has more reproductive strategy than anything else.
Suffice to say: pandas reproduce much more successfully in the wild than previously thought
Some Floridaman has. Apparently their jaws are really good for chomping down, but not that great for opening back up. So, you belly flop on the thing from behind, and it canāt really do a thing to you while you take some shoelaces and tie the gators jaws shut. At that point you can transfer the gator to a different swamp that isnāt inhabited by Floridaman. At least thatās the best description of the technique I watched the guy use.
g_g [she/her, comrade/them]it looks so cute tho
invents bazooka
Alligators can already outrun a person on land.
They just choose not to. Because theyāre lazy and they donāt like running after their prey.
I suspect the same was probably true of whatever it was we killed off back then too.
Flat solid land? Nah, person wins on any distance over a few feet.
Through brush and marsh? Nobody beats the gator.
Not a lot of people can run 11mph for any distance, though.
They can only do that for about half of one body length though. Itās not really a run, so much as a spring forward to surprise something with their murder mouth, and then pull it back into the water.
No, sorry, thatās not true. And another one.
TL;DR;
They can run 35mph in that short sprint youāre talking about. Then they can run at a slower (though faster than most humans) pace for a sustained period of roughly 100 feet (30ish meters for the non-'mericans).
No, thatās 30mph that they can only do for a few feet.
Thatās not true. And another one.
TL;DR;
They can run up to 35mph over short (20-30ft) distances. Then they can run at a slightly slower (though faster than most humans) pace for a sustained period of roughly 100 feet (30ish meters for the non-'mericans).
In every scenario they can and will catch every human on earth except an Olympic sprinter. And even then, it wouldnāt be a comfortable race for them.
The reason they donāt chase you down and eat you on land, is because theyāve evolved to be ambush predators from water transitions to land. They are lazy. Simple as that. And their food comes to them in most cases. Why would they want to spend all those calories just to maybe get a un-tasty human? They conserve energy so they can perform several ambush attempts for prey, rather than one long chase.
In the end, their current approach gets them more calories for the efforts, which is why theyāve evolved that way.
But they can, on paper, absolutely wipe the floor with you in a sprint over solid, flat land. For 100 feet.
Usain Boltās fastest recorded speed is 27.79 mph.
Unless you can dust the fastest man on Earth in a footrace, youāre gonna be a snack.
You should try reading your sourceā¦
āExperts say the American alligatorās top running speed clocks in at 11mph.ā
I a fat outta shape slouch, but I think in a life or death situation I could manage 11mph for a few minutes.
Sure they can burst a good bit of speed, but that 20-30 ft sprint mostly comes from them lunging with all 4 legs and their tail as hard as they can and then maybe 1 or 2 more lunges and some scrabbling.
Itās mainly a matter of weight and gait. They got stubby little side protruding legs and they weight a ton incomparison to their leg musculature. They can high walk for a good distance, and they can gallop, but only for a few steps.
Yeah, humans are pretty slow compared to most animals. Weāre good at long distance running, but nearly every animal out sprints us. Iām sure most of us have tried to catch an animal before. I think the only ones Iāve actually caught are turtles on land and snakes, which werenāt trying to run.
penguinsAreRapistsI miss r/hybrid animals
Be the change you want to see.
I can barely take care of myself
Steve Irwin would still have fed them.
Elgenzayhttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quinkana
Of course they lived in Australia
Just so ya know, a regular modern day crocodile can also outrun you on land.
Yeah but I would easily beat him in hurdles.
This is true. Or running serpentine:
What this from?
iamahabShould be Land of the Lost (2009) if Reverse Image Search isnāt failing me.
Land of the Lost
On his latest expedition, Dr. Rick Marshall is sucked into a space-time vortex alongside his research assistant and a redneck survivalist. In this alternate universe, the trio make friends with a primate named Chaka, their only ally in a world full of dinosaurs and other fantastic creatures.
āHe only has a brain the size of a walnut.ā
Donāt even get me started on the pole vault
thannYeah, but only because Iām American
Oh shit, sadam is that you?
DUMBASSNah, just one if his body doubles.