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No natural weapons like fangs or claws

No fur to protect from cold

Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

Waaay weaker physically than other apes

Humans really suck

I'm hairy and have long nails try again
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KingWhiteKnight posted...

No natural weapons like fangs or claws

opposable thumbs mean everything is our weapon

KingWhiteKnight posted...

No fur to protect from cold

We self-regulate our temperatures like bosses and don't need fur when we have everyone else's.

KingWhiteKnight posted...

Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

Hum, no. Humans can breed year round which is extremely rare in nature. Maybe that's a personal problem of yours.

KingWhiteKnight posted...

Waaay weaker physically than other apes

Waaay smarter though.
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KingWhiteKnight posted...

No natural weapons like fangs or claws

We're smart enough to make guns.

KingWhiteKnight posted...

No fur to protect from cold

We're smart enough to wear clothing and develop heaters which allow us to live in any environment on the planet.

KingWhiteKnight posted...

Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

Consequence of our brain.

KingWhiteKnight posted...

Waaay weaker physically than other apes

And yet we keep them in zoos.
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Link HT posted...

this guy
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We are really in the middle of the road. And we run well.
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KingWhiteKnight posted...

No natural weapons like fangs or claws

No fur to protect from cold

Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

Waaay weaker physically than other apes

Humans really suck

Talk about yourself, liberal.

Have you ever heard about the_admiral? When he studied at trump university he took a survival course. Dude is an unstoppable force of nature now.

He keeps two 8 pound dumbbells at home he uses for diverse (not THAT kind of diversity! He doesnt like it) workouts such as sitting curl.

He can generate a bonfire to burn the fire and fury book or the evolution science books using just a lighter, he is pretty much the master of the flames, how you like him now?

He also learnt in trump university the military martial art Krav MAGA, developed by the Don himself! He can poke your chi-chi and make you go unconscious.

Who is weak now!?

And yet we're on top of the food chain.

Don't need weapons on our body when we can make weapons.

Our complex minds make up for it. They allow us to make better fur (clothing) better weapons, they make us faster, they allow us to do things we can't do on our own.
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creativerealms posted...

Our complex minds make up for it. They allow us to make better fur (clothing) better weapons, they make us faster, they allow us to do things we can't do on our own.

thissss guy
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Being able to invent and build stuff more than makes up for it.
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Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_n5E7feJHw0

Look up preying mantis mating for one example. Or animals that mate and die like Salmon who can be killed just trying to get to the mating ground only to die afterwards.
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"humans are really weak if you hold them to nonsensical standards that contrive to ignore all their vast advantages that have saw to them being the absolute supreme dominant presence on the planet"
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Other species should evolve bipedalism amd opposable thumbs. Might make them smarter!

i should be able to shoot lighting out of my hands after intense training imho
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Guns > fangs
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KingCrabCake posted...

Guns > fangs

It wasn't even guns that gave us an advantage over other animals. It was spears and clubs, + tactical planning.

DoctorPiranha3 posted...

KingCrabCake posted...

Guns > fangs

It wasn't even guns that gave us an advantage over other animals. It was spears and clubs, + tactical planning.

I dont own spears or clubs though...my bat got stolen off my porch :(
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Don't forget stamina. Human stamina is absolutely ridiculous.

KingWhiteKnight posted...

No natural weapons like fangs or claws

No fur to protect from cold

Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

Waaay weaker physically than other apes

We trade all of that by being so smart that all of that is mostly irrelevant.
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TrojanPony posted...

Don't forget stamina. Human stamina is absolutely ridiculous.

This was really the key, tbh. Our endurance. There are creatures that are stronger, can run faster, etc. But there's practically nothing on Earth that can run longer than a human can. We can force our enemies to exhaust themselves, allowing us to move in and finish them off with little or no danger. We are capable of killing prey by literally chasing them to death.
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KingWhiteKnight posted...

Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

lol loser
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the mind is all we need
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Yet, humans are on the top. Our intelligence is way higher than any other animal. No animal has created societies like we have, haven't written books, haven't created internet.

We're slow, yet we have cars, can't fly yet we have helicopters and planes, can't swim yet we have boats and submarines. We can also heal many things which would be the end of animals.

We have weapons to take out any animal too.
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KingWhiteKnight posted...

No natural weapons like fangs or claws

No fur to protect from cold

Reproduction is tougher than most other animals

Waaay weaker physically than other apes

Humans really suck

We made up for it by making tools also what do you think your fingernails and toenails are lol

We made clothes to protect from the cold

Our reproduction is actually pretty simple and easy compared to other animals lmao

We may have less raw strength, but a monkey cannot precisely throw a spear or use a bow
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wait, by "reproduction is tougher than most other animals" do you mean that getting the CHANCE to reproduce is tougher, or that the physical act is tougher

because the physical act is WAY easier than most animals, considering how well our bodies go together

if you're complaining that animals have it easier when it comes to getting laid, lmfaoo i'm fucking dead
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Aristoph posted...

TrojanPony posted...

Don't forget stamina. Human stamina is absolutely ridiculous.

This was really the key, tbh. Our endurance. There are creatures that are stronger, can run faster, etc. But there's practically nothing on Earth that can run longer than a human can. We can force our enemies to exhaust themselves, allowing us to move in and finish them off with little or no danger. We are capable of killing prey by literally chasing them to death.

AND drag the meat back to our grass huts.

That's why we have brains. We use that to create weapons to fight against them.
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Good thing we're fairly intelligent in comparison.

chi_cab posted...

wait, by "reproduction is tougher than most other animals" do you mean that getting the CHANCE to reproduce is tougher, or that the physical act is tougher

because the physical act is WAY easier than most animals, considering how well our bodies go together

if you're complaining that animals have it easier when it comes to getting laid, lmfaoo i'm fucking dead

Humans do actualyl have a harder time actually getting pregnant, carrying the kid to term, birthing the kid, and having the kid survive than most animals. I remember reading somewhere that the reason females are fertile year-round rather than a heat season like a lot of other animals is partly because we're so bad at getting pregnant.
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Humans have a lot more stamina for running than any other animal. Before figuring out agriculture, people would hunt by chasing an animal for miles and miles until it inevitably collapsed from exhaustion.
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pegusus123456 posted...

chi_cab posted...

wait, by "reproduction is tougher than most other animals" do you mean that getting the CHANCE to reproduce is tougher, or that the physical act is tougher

because the physical act is WAY easier than most animals, considering how well our bodies go together

if you're complaining that animals have it easier when it comes to getting laid, lmfaoo i'm fucking dead

Humans do actually have a harder time actually getting pregnant, carrying the kid to term, birthing the kid, and having the kid survive than most animals. I remember reading somewhere that the reason females are fertile year-round rather than a heat season like a lot of other animals is partly because we're so bad at getting pregnant.

i guess that makes sense
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CircleOfManias posted...

Humans have a lot more stamina for running than any other animal. Before figuring out agriculture, people would hunt by chasing an animal for miles and miles until it inevitably collapsed from exhaustion.

That is honestly badass. I respect our prehistoric ancestors so much, for real.
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Wasn't there a horror movie not that long ago with a monster like that? Like it came after people to kill them. Not super fast, but it never stopped, so people couldn't really escape it.

I may be misremembering.
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It's fascinating how even a guy who trains for strength like The Mountain can lose to an orangutan in raw strength.
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St0rmFury posted...

It's fascinating how even a guy who trains for strength like The Mountain can lose to an orangutan in raw strength.

Our brains require so much energy... we eat a shitload of calories just to fuel our big brains. If our body also had the super strength like the other primates, we'd need to be eating constantly to fuel our mind and body. So we really did sacrifice strength for smart.

Strength isn't everything.

Physically, we're all about endurance and dexterity. What other ape can run long distances for 4 hours or build a raft?
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St0rmFury posted...

It's fascinating how even a guy who trains for strength like The Mountain can lose to an orangutan in raw strength.

It depends on what you're measuring. Iirc most apes are great at pulling/tearing but not so great at pushing. Like an orangutan can't bench so well.
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Tmk posted...

Wasn't there a horror movie not that long ago with a monster like that? Like it came after people to kill them. Not super fast, but it never stopped, so people couldn't really escape it.

I may be misremembering.

No, that was The Terminator.
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Animals had to adapt to survive because they can't build houses or use weapons.
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Tmk posted...

Wasn't there a horror movie not that long ago with a monster like that? Like it came after people to kill them. Not super fast, but it never stopped, so people couldn't really escape it.

I may be misremembering.

You're talking about It Follows probably.

But on topic: We don't need to be strong as apes when we can kill one. Work smart, not hard. a simple pistol will take care of most, if not all animals in a few shots
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MorbidFaithless posted...

CircleOfManias posted...

Humans have a lot more stamina for running than any other animal. Before figuring out agriculture, people would hunt by chasing an animal for miles and miles until it inevitably collapsed from exhaustion.

That is honestly badass. I respect our prehistoric ancestors so much, for real.

Anyone can train and achieve that.

Lik there are people who can marathon in 24 hours non stop.

Granted they have someone with vehicle that give them drink and food that they consume while running, but still.
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Yeah the "big brain" meme advantage is very useful but only after a long period of knowledge accumulation

Humanity was actually down to something like 2,000 members at one point, that's how risky the whole "big brain but nothing else of value" gambit is
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It's true. Yesterday I got beaten up pretty badly by a pillbug.
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Giblet_Enjoyer posted...

Humanity was actually down to something like 2,000 members at one point, that's how risky the whole "big brain but nothing else of value" gambit is

Wasn't that due to a super volcano's eruption? We also have been competing with other human species for most of our history up until recently.

http://awesci.com/tarahumara-people-can-run-400-miles-non-stop/

These native Americans hunt their prey by chasing them until they pass out from exhaustion.

Just because we went for an intelligent build doesn't mean we don't have other options
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weapon_d00d816 posted...

Strength isn't everything.

Physically, we're all about endurance and dexterity. What other ape can run long distances for 4 hours or build a raft?

Strength really is everything, we're just lucky there aren't any creatures/beings on our planet that our intelligence can't handle.
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voldothegr8 posted...

Strength really is everything

No it's not.
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