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[-] [email protected] 35 points 1 month ago

Also our accuracy and reach when throwing stuff.

Especially when combined with our ability to make stuff sharp by banging it against other stuff and breaking it just the right way.

[-] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

And THEN add to that that once you got hit with the spear and are running slower, a wolf just appears and starts hunting you too.

Imagine being hunted by 2 different apex predators working together

[-] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

Then later in history....

An hawk flies down and attacks you, joining the wolves and the humans. They've got the fucks birds in on it now! God is dead.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I went on a hike and a coyote started hunting me on the last mile back to the car. I carry at least a large stick when I hike now.

[-] [email protected] 6 points 1 month ago

Shit that’s scary. I’m glad to be living in Central Europe. Scariest thing here is the Rabbit of Caerbannog (a.k.a. the Legendary Black Beast of Arrrghhh)

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

I live where we have plenty of wolves and black bears around. Even a cougar or two now. Ain't a one of them that like being around a human. Much like crocodiles and hippos, the crocs understand that if you mess with a baby hippo, a much large hippo WILL turn you into a nice pair of shoes, a purse, and a brief case in a heartbeat.

Though to be honest, there are a couple of places I've bumped a cougar and seen tracks that when I go there alone, I do carry a pistol for self defense. Cats ain't smart and it's always better to have a means to be safe than sorry.

[-] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Coyotes don't hunt humans, though it may have been receiving food from other hikers which could cause that behavior.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

'Yotes ain't so proud as to not scavenge a human encampment when no one was looking........

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Atlanta!!! Here's a random video i haven't watched about it. The Atlanta doubles your spear throwing range https://youtu.be/YT_s1CEAhkA

[-] [email protected] 8 points 1 month ago

Do you mean atlatl or do people in American Georgia just throw real good?

[-] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago
[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Ah yes, there is a surprisingly common mutation in Georgia that causes humans to be born with an additional elbow and forearm on each arm. The Atlanta mutation it is commonly called. This is why, famously, people born in the state of Georgia are prohibited from participating in any Olympic event that involves throwing or hurling objects.

[-] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

Not according to Atlanta's 39-50 record this season. They ain't even going to make the wildcard round. Even my pathetic Minnesota Twins are 10 games better than that. And they are still under .500.

[-] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Atlanta!!!

Atlatl. Or simply spear-thrower.

It's a bit like a fing-longer, but for your whole arm, and therefore more useful.

Same principle as the sling: they make your arm longer so the "hand" moves faster when you swing it, allowing you to throw stuff at higher and more lethal speeds, and farther.

We're still quite lethal even without these tools though, just look at baseball pitchers.

[-] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago

Atlanta. Dyac 🤦‍♂️

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