#persistence predators

[mocacci]

Unstoppable force meets immovable object 3

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NEXT PAGE IS GONNA HAVE A SIMPLER ARTSTYLE. OK? OK (Edit: ended finding the Ryan Goslyng's ver. funnier, original ver. below).

Also Grace without the dramatic lighting

[hugtheteadrinkthekitten]

are there other persistence predators? what are they?

[marlynnofmany]

Does this seem like a funny combination to anyone else?

The vibes of “terrifying hunter that won’t stop” and “dude fishing in a boat with a beer” feel very different.

But in a way, those are just two different styles of using patience to kill a prey animal.

[allegorymetaphory]

I don't think hunting and gathering were separate occupations.

This is pure speculation, but hear me out: humans are persistence predators, which means we basically jog/walk/run/walk/jog after animals who just fall down dead after a while because they can sprint but don't have the endurance to go long distances. Slowly meandering after animals is a great opportunity to check out what plants are around your feet and pick a few. That exhausted antelope won't get too far while you dig up a tuber or two.

If you do it like this, by the time your main course is ready to cook you've also got your sides ready to prep. Plus, you won't go hungry or come home empty-handed even if the hunt is unsuccessful.

[megalasaurus-rex]

Presidential alert: the girls are stalking their prey for days on end until their prey runs out of stamina and the girls catch up because humans are persistence predators

[marlynnofmany]

Courtesy of skaz-wolfman, but from discord. Thirdhand. "You know how, before we invented ranged weapons and such, humans were persistence predators who would just stalk after prey at a casual pace until it dropped dead from exhaustion?' 'Polar bears do the same fucking thing.' 'Once they catch your scent they'll just follow you at a distance until you're someplace nice and wide open where there's no place to hide and you have no chance in hell of outrunning a four-legged half-ton of muscle."

I hadn't heard that! I thought polar bears mostly went after seals at the edge of the ice. But I suppose if they can keep up the endurance, there's not much to hide behind out in the tundra. And they blend right in.

[genuinelycurious]

What if frogs were persistence predators?