scootsy
Well-Known Member
After watching the video of the Indian being carried away by the tiger, I'd like to get some feedback from everyone. How did humans rise to the top of the evolutionary ladder? No claws, no fangs, no poison... We rose due to our intellectual capacities...
BUT DAMMIT, WE CAN STILL FIGHT!!!
I literally think about this concept at least once a month, constantly revising my list, and forming new strategies. WHICH ANIMALS COULD YOU KILL WITH NO WEAPON OTHER THAN YOUR BODY?
Yes, tigers weigh 500+ pounds with incredible strength, powerful jaws, and sharp claws. But I'm am certain I could kill one. Predators instinctual attack patterns vary. A tigers? They will either (a) overpower you and chomp through your skull, or (b) inflict deep lacerations and wait for you to bleed out. If we weren't so overcome by fear and timidity, what would your plan of attack be? We could claw, we could bite, but we do not have enough blood in our own bodies to last in a fight like that. Or best chance is... suffocation. When the tiger pounces, you will not be able to escape. Too fast, too powerful. So you sacrifice a limb, allow the tiger to grab your arm or leg. Ideally you would be like Moses and have a stick, or staff that could possibly momentarily play the same role. With whatever remaining appendage you have though, you then apply the chokehold. We have some advantage with animals like the cats. Their limbs are relatively short. You can actually get close enough to do this. It becomes more difficult with animals like deer, or moose. But you choke 'em out, and then hope to have some needle and thread around.
Yes evolution was put in quotations as an inflammatory gesture, but really just signified that this thread was only loosely about evolution.
BUT DAMMIT, WE CAN STILL FIGHT!!!
I literally think about this concept at least once a month, constantly revising my list, and forming new strategies. WHICH ANIMALS COULD YOU KILL WITH NO WEAPON OTHER THAN YOUR BODY?
Yes, tigers weigh 500+ pounds with incredible strength, powerful jaws, and sharp claws. But I'm am certain I could kill one. Predators instinctual attack patterns vary. A tigers? They will either (a) overpower you and chomp through your skull, or (b) inflict deep lacerations and wait for you to bleed out. If we weren't so overcome by fear and timidity, what would your plan of attack be? We could claw, we could bite, but we do not have enough blood in our own bodies to last in a fight like that. Or best chance is... suffocation. When the tiger pounces, you will not be able to escape. Too fast, too powerful. So you sacrifice a limb, allow the tiger to grab your arm or leg. Ideally you would be like Moses and have a stick, or staff that could possibly momentarily play the same role. With whatever remaining appendage you have though, you then apply the chokehold. We have some advantage with animals like the cats. Their limbs are relatively short. You can actually get close enough to do this. It becomes more difficult with animals like deer, or moose. But you choke 'em out, and then hope to have some needle and thread around.
Yes evolution was put in quotations as an inflammatory gesture, but really just signified that this thread was only loosely about evolution.