@robocall to Lemmy Shitpost • 8 months agoWhat animal could you take in a fight?imagemessage-square240arrow-up11.01Karrow-down121
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minus-squareFlaxlinkfedilinkEnglish8•8 months agoI think horses have quite a lot of stamina, the only animals actually comparable to humans. Which is why we ride them.
minus-square@MalachaiConstantlink2•8 months agoWe’re still a lot better over distance, iirc, which is why we are able to ride them
minus-square✺roguetrick✺link0•8 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink2•8 months 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