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Human Mammal, Human Hunter – Attenborough – Life of Mammals – BBC
Author: admin | Category: Hunting
Human bengs are a particular type of mammal. In this compelling clip, we see a tribesman runner persue his prey through the most harsh conditions in a gruelling eight hour chase. Thought provoking content from the BBC’s Life of Mammals documentary series. Visit http://www.bbcearth.com for all the latest animal news and wildlife videos and watch more high quality videos on the new BBC Earth YouTube channel here: http://www.youtube.com/bbcearth
Duration : 0:7:10
Tags: Animal, Attenborough, BBC, Free, Mammals, nature, Video, wild, Wildlife
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Thats all well and …
Thats all well and good but how the does he get the carcass back to the village after running 8 hours? TAXI!
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
heart/lung shot.
heart/lung shot.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
I have the utmost …
I have the utmost respect for these people. This makes me proud to be human.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
Beautiful.
Beautiful.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
@hazbutler hahaha i …
@hazbutler hahaha i agree =D
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
You know who’s the …
You know who’s the most hardcore? The cameraman with a 40lb camera who had to have his lens peeled on Karoeh’s butt.
Now I have no reason not to run a marathon
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
beautiful and …
beautiful and inspirational – just the spur I need for the 1/2 marathon next week
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
This is the most …
This is the most amazing Ive ever seen this is how humans were meant to live
May 31st, 2010 at 6:35 pm
@emieldelange …
@emieldelange Namibia is 22 degrees south of the equator. The longest days are in December and daylight can be a little more than 13 hours. Still not enough to hunt for eight hours and have bright sunshine all through the hunt. I had assumed that it was near the equator since they said that the sun was directly overhead at the beginning of the hunt. Since it is not very near the equator the sun is never directly overhead in Namibia and they are wrong in saying that is was.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
@shootnfight
Your …
@shootnfight
Your lion estimation is very generous. They only have a 30% succes rate and often go days without food.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
@numbnuts234567
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@numbnuts234567
Its not near the equator, he says they are Kalahari Bushmen which means they are in Namibia/Botswana.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
@NegativeNick
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@NegativeNick
Firstly the female would need a male to fertilise her.
Secondly keeping captive animals (i.e. cattle) requires migration to find new feeding ground so that they can graze. Many cultures and tribes do keep cattle.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
>sand people
pfft
>sand people
pfft
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
@NegativeNick
As …
@NegativeNick
As you can see at the end of the video, those people respect the life and imprison those animals would be a breach of their ethics. Unfortunately this kind of respect is not common in our society…
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
This is beautiful, …
This is beautiful, proof that people are still capable of such hunting.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
This black man is a …
This black man is a idiot to waste all those fluids , personally i would have been draining the sweat out of my socks .
What ? ,all that water could have kept them alive alive for more then SIX days , you tell me what is more valuable .
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
I had a few …
I had a few questions, why don’t they just run down a female and raise her kids in a farm so they don’t always have to run one down when they want to eat?
also, does the saliva actually work or is it just a placebo?
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Truely Magic
Truely Magic
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
@XAVIERCUERVO …
@XAVIERCUERVO desperate
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Um! Cool.
Um! Cool.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
Boy it must be a …
Boy it must be a pain carrying that thing back to his settlement.
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
The Gods must be …
The Gods must be crazy!
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
yeah, u r right …
yeah, u r right numby!
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
What is that? A …
What is that? A rabbit?
May 31st, 2010 at 6:36 pm
When the hunt is …
When the hunt is beginning we are told that the sun is directly overhead. This means that it is near the equator and the time is about noon. When the hunt ends eight hours later the sun is still high in the sky. But…daylight at the equator is only twelve hours. At eight in the evening the sun would already be down. The runner must have used very powerful magic to stop the movement of the sun in the sky!