As human athletes compete at the London 2012 Olympic Games, some have been testing their records against those achieved every day in the wild
The Olympic Games in London, which are being held these days, lead us to ask what would happen if animals (other than people) participated in the Olympics? Human competitors would probably lose in most professions, according to an article published by Craig Scharf inVeterinary record.
According to the slogan of the Olympic Games: "Faster, Higher, Stronger" Citius, Altius, Fortius the animals will win in all athletic disciplines and in many other competitions.
Although the Olympic event highlights the wonderful skills of the athletes, the human competitor has no chance against the non-human weightlifters, runners or swimmers. In almost every athletic profession there will be someone who will achieve much better results than the human competitor, whether it is a hybrid or a domesticated animal that has been cultivated for a specific purpose, the victory will be in its hands or feet.
The legendary runner Usain Bolt will indeed catch the camel in a "sprint", but against real sprinters he will remain far behind. Bolt's record speed is 9.58 seconds per hundred meters, i.e. 37.6 km/h. Cheetahs at a speed of over 100 km/h will leave far behind, a racing horse will catch up at 70 km/h. A hound will also run at the same speed, while an ostrich will catch up with our runner at 65 km/h.
The writer who works at the "Centre for Sports Medicine and Human Performance" at the University of London continues and compares the links of the marathon runners to camels or sled dogs and it turns out that once again the human competitor will be far behind. In the long jump, the human record is 8.94 meters, a kangaroo jumps to a distance of more than 12 meters.
The human record (men) in the high jump is 2.45 meters. The South African goby (a species close to deer) easily passes 3 meters, the "snake's head" fish jumps out of the water to a height of 4 meters.
As for swimming, it is clear that almost all inhabitants of the seas will catch up with the human swimmer. In heavy athletics it is difficult to compare, yet it is clear that elephants, bears and even our relatives the gorillas are much stronger than any human competitor.
And yet in a multi-fight (ten fight) the human competitor will have a good chance since what sets him apart is his versatility as the writer defines "the trump card in all sports" Jack of all sports. The human competitor can run fast, run for a long time, swim, jump, lift weights, i.e. the adaptation of the human competitor will allow him to win in a "fight".
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NChAjV7mAQ
By the way, even a gibbon would probably be better at apparatus gymnastics, like the one that appears in the YouTube video
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The comparison is incorrect because the jumper must be compared according to its size
The locust, for example, if it were the size of a man, would easily jump to the height of a 4-story building
Speed There is a crab that produces the acceleration of a rifle bullet from a gun!!! With a click he kills animals bigger than him
The movement is admittedly less than mm, but the acceleration is enormous
As for the weight lifters, the little ant if it was the size of a person could lift a tank weighing 30 tons!!
There are series in Animal Planet called extrims where the comparisons are really elaborate and nice
The only advantage of man is the brain and as we are very far from the animals in the field of intelligence, so they are better than us in the field of sports and abilities
Did you know that the spider produces wire with better strength than steel?
Did you know that one chimpanzee can beat three ladies in a tug of war?
The maximum speed of the tiger reaches 120 km/h, which means that when Bolt passes 30 meters, the tiger will already reach the final
Did you know that a hawk can hunt a mouse by candlelight at night from a distance of one kilometer?
Dear Dr. Rosenthal,
jack of all sport, is a paraphrase of the English proverb jack of all trades, master of none.
So the meaning of the word jack is exactly the opposite of "trump card", this is the layman in all sports.
Omri, you can even buy a shirt. http://www.art247.com/Tshirt/13497-Young-tennis-star-Benjy–the-3-year-old-chimp-at-Twycross-Zoo
I want to see a chimpanzee windsurfing... or playing tennis..
Defining man as "the trump card in all sports" is not correct because all these sports are sports that are possible for man, for example if the world was ruled by monkeys there would be other sports such as climbing and if squirrels then cracking nuts and birds would have flying and that's just about The tip of the fork.. so obviously the person will be good at the sports he chose but to say he is better at sports than any animal is misleading.
A. There is an error in the high jump, the number 2.45 has moved to the area of the fish (Chromium Arch Linux).
B. The comparison between a human and an elephant or a bear is incorrect since the average animal weighs several times more than a human. The comparison should be against an orangutan or a chimpanzee who weigh at least half of the average human and at most twice the average human. They will still tear apart the human records but it is not related.
third. Ran Levy is required for the human ability to run. http://www.ranlevi.com/2012/03/22/ep108_long_distance_running/
Dear Dr. Rosenthal. The video at the end of the article shows a gibbon and not a chimpanzee as you mistakenly wrote
It is interesting to note that precisely in running the marathon man is in an excellent place, some would even say in first place in the entire animal kingdom.
And will the animals send deep blue to the chess olympics?