this post was submitted on 22 Jun 2025
1251 points (99.1% liked)

Science Memes

15458 readers
2247 users here now

Welcome to c/science_memes @ Mander.xyz!

A place for majestic STEMLORD peacocking, as well as memes about the realities of working in a lab.



Rules

  1. Don't throw mud. Behave like an intellectual and remember the human.
  2. Keep it rooted (on topic).
  3. No spam.
  4. Infographics welcome, get schooled.

This is a science community. We use the Dawkins definition of meme.



Research Committee

Other Mander Communities

Science and Research

Biology and Life Sciences

Physical Sciences

Humanities and Social Sciences

Practical and Applied Sciences

Memes

Miscellaneous

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 62 points 1 week ago (4 children)

I mean, the ability to run long distances without tiring is kind of what makes humans an apex predator. We can out-endurance just about every other creature. Most ancient human hunting techniques involved just wounding an animal, and then literally chasing it until it got too tired to keep going.

Wolves are very similar, which is what made us such natural hunting companions. The co-evolution of humans and dogs is an extremely interesting rabbit hole, if anyone is looking for one.

All that to say, the wolf would understand the need to run more than just about any other animal. A bear would work better here. A wolf would just see us running and think 'game recognizes game', just like they already did eons ago :3

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

No, no I didn’t need that rabbit hole…

(spends the next hour reading about it)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago

That how traditional zombies hunt ppl. Slow and inevitable.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 week ago (4 children)

involved just wounding an animal

not even wounding. Just persistent tracking and following. Most prey animals can run away quickly, but need lots of rest.

Humans can just keep going. And going. And going. Until the prey just is too exhausted to run.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 week ago

I guess the Energizer Bunny was an evolution that came about, due to humanity's hunting style...

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

Got it.

I am prey.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago (1 children)

It's why the trope of an enemy that never stops/is endless is so terrifying, and thus common in media.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

That's why you can't take your eyes off the snail!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

Pay some college students to cast the snail in epoxy.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's actually the decoy snail

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago

Yes, very true! I almost added that when writing my comment, but didn't want to blather on too long in a comment about a meme haha

[–] [email protected] 119 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

I love this. Thank you