Too bad the San today don't live like this at all. They are farmers, and only put on the skins for tourists. They wouldn't have become farmers if the fucking brits hadn't taken so much of their land.
But they are a different people now, and I only wish them the best as they enter the broader world economy.
@HariVIyer I belive, he chased it all the way but stopped a few times to track its direction as needed. The others probably followed at a mich slower pace and helped carry the kill back, because they weren't tired from running. As for nourishment he was carrying water on him.
@mojomatt176 I just realized it's actually because they are jogging and taking a lot of breaks - As a marathon runner I can tell you that a 3 hour run is very different from an 8 hour jog/walk.
Still have mad respect for them...but the human would collapse just like the Cudu unless he either replenishes his muscle glycogen, or burns it at a much slower rate by jogging slowly instead of running.
@HariVIyer I don't believe the human would collapse as quickly as the cudu, if at all, because of the quadruped argument. Quadrupeds can't breath while galloping, as opposed to humans, who can breath whether we're jogging or at top speed. A huge advantage for us. In essence, the cudu dies because of oxygen deprivation.
@mojomatt176 I agree with you that the cudu would collapse faster - but the human also has a breaking point; not because of oxygen deprivation, but because at some point they won't have any fuel left to burn in their muscles.
The average human can store about 1300 calories in their muscles in the form of glycogen...a well conditioned endurance athlete can store upwards of 2500...that's enough to run a marathon at a fast running pace, or jog/walk slowly for much much longer
@HariVIyer An interesting read would be "Born To Run" by Christopher McDougall. He talks about the Tarahumara Indians who could run far longer than modern distance runners...barefoot.
@mojomatt176 Interesting read on wikpedia - although there are modern distance runners who run hundreds of miles in a single race - look up Yiannis Kouros and other ultramarathon runners. Still, both Trahumara Indians and ultramarathon runners have to refuel...or they would literally violate the laws of physics.
4-5 years later and this still amazes me. I'm going bow hunting with a self-bow I made myself for the first time, but even that I had a lot of help with modern conveniences. And I think THAT is hard.
Amazing!!! I'm glad that we have McDonalds, Burger King, Carls Jr., and/or Wendy's that have their own bushmen to kill our food. Otherwise myself and every other lazy-ass American would starve to death!
@nachoskater44 I think not looking your prey in the eye while you kill it is cowardly. You dishonor the spirit of the animal by disrespecting it in such a way. If you are going to take his life, at least have the courage to also look him in the eye as you do it.
@TheCrankydragon a) his mates follow him. b) the animal doesn't run away in a straight line, it changes tack. so he's much closer to camp than you'd be if you ran straight away from it for hours.
This is a clip from the BBCs series The Life of Mammals, episode 10: Food for Thought.
I've loved this video for years, and just now figured out where it came from, thanks to a friend remembering my enthusiastic babbling about the subject and running across the show.
I definitely recommend watching the rest of the series.
@albertescamilla True, but only if there is plenty of food. It's not all that easy to find food in the desert, unless you prefer grazing on tall grass and dead trees. Meat is the only food available, and you don't need much to keep you going.
@albertescamilla Thats not true actually. Biologically we can sure, but environmentally, economically? Nope. Crops require good soil, and flat land to grow well. In large amounts of the world that land doesn't exist in big enough quantities to feed the people and only utilising the rest of the land that has thin top soil, infertile soil, or that is hilly (or a combination) can countries create enough food - the UK is a prime example.
@albertescamilla part 2: That is not say there are not places with vast amounts of flat, good land. America has it and Africa has it as well. But to shut down all the farms that utilise land that can only grow grass and feed animals and open up crop farms in these few places means having to transport vast amounts of food all over he world creating insane levels of pollution. Also don't forget crops need specific weather, take Scotland and Canada for example.. where are they going to grow crops?
...@WXKFA Track-hunting's a bitch sometimes. I can't hunt anymore due to illness.
However, when I did- I ambush-hunted... then tracked- If I had to, that is. This fellow- IS master of his...er, 'Game'...
Yeah, 6+ billion and counting to feed. I'm just pissed @ the liberal minded(USA) as it's always bitchin', preventin' & politics w/'em and seldom, if ever, offering anything practical, constructive and do-able. Just, bitch, bitch, bitch! And when they get 2b in charge; Lectures powergrabs & BS.
....modern world? Waxing poetic, the misguided liberal is cast aside by evolution as unfit 2 survive- being totally unrealistic & lacking in practical thinking due 2 actually believing the false teachings conjured-up by teachers & others who are guided by the sure-poison of mans' politics & social hypocrisy- Nature always takes the path of least resistance: A big, fat, cheesy-diner Grease-Burger goes down better than tofu any day of the week! Imagine, 300 million Americans trackin' down dinner?!
@SittingMooseShaman There wouldn't be 300 million Americans without this "factory farming" and you already know there's a slight problem with world population.
I'm not against factory farming, after all we all need to eat and we are omnivores. Modern world has just made it relatively easy to get food so we don't think about that when we "get excited" - that's the problem.
look folks, I keep hearing all this garbage about hunting for sport. I am a hunter and I hunt for food. I like my meat without chemicals and antibiotics. I live near milwaukee, so you tell me where I can buy free range venison for 1$ per 10 pounds of meat. I don't have much money, i am a veteran and I attend college and have to feed myself and my wife. I cover about 9 miles a day in heavy gear in subzero temperatures and thick brush, to take iron sights shots at close range.I'm not fat slobbish.
its funny to watch this and then think their are fat slobbish hunters now a days who use high powered scoped rifles and sit their fat ass in a pre assembled hut or tree stand to shoot a wolf or bear for pure "trophy" that just wanders by, and then thinks its something impressive... pffft bahahahaha
@gu151 .... Exactly. Yet they would be the first to make fun of African people (or any indigenous tribe) who they perceive aren't as advanced. Maybe in technology, yes, they are behind. These people are so much more skilled and connected to spirit/source like Native American Indians are. They are true hunters with respect for life in general and would live on as the fat slobbish ones curled up in a fetal position and cried for their mommy.
@gu151 Is it any funnier than watching an emaciated tribe that's never more than a day or two from starvation chasing a single animal for hours?
I'll take my rifle, job, plentiful affordable food supply, modern technology, and a gym membership any day of the week. Oh, and proper use of words like "their", "it's", etc.
@bobbytimberlake You sound pretty butthurt. Sorry for that. You having technology and a house is by no doing of yours, its simply something you were born into, so bragging about it is hilarious. The main point I wasnt making is that modern hunting is a joke as far as being something to be impressed with. There is no contest in it thus defeating it being called "sportsman". People like you who drive a truck with cheesy bumper stickers and "hunt" with rifles just SCREAM "I have tiny dick"
@gu151 Maybe once you're out of your parents' place you'll see that technology, shelter, & food don't just appear. They're created by productive individuals, & if you ever reach the point where your rent, bills, & meals come from your earnings from your labor you'll understand.
As for the whiny old argument that cool guns, powerful cars, computers, planes, explosions, rock climbing, hang gliding, or anything else fun must mean a small dick, what's your line to girls who are into that stuff?
@bobbytimberlake Actually I drive tractor trailer for a living with my own house, nice try dick dweeb. I am just realistic enough to know the reality of todays world, unlike you who is to dim witted to grasp basic ecology and statistics. I want to leave the world the same way it was when I was born, when I die. Respect future generations and stop being deliberately arrogant so you can feel less guilty about your shitty ways.
@bobbytimberlake, @gu151 Women worth having don't consider many of those things cool and I don't know of many females who consider killing 'fun.' People who get pleasure out of bloodshed, fear, and suffering will get the 'girls' they deserve: common brain-dead redneck breeders.
@kitteesPJs Wow, "bloodshed, fear, and suffering"? Sad that that's your worldview of anything outside what must be a sheltered upbringing in some urban island where everything's illegal.
Take a trip to the other 98% of this country some time and you'll find thousands of girls getting their hands dirty working on cars, going to the range, hiking, fishing, tinkering with computer & stereo gear, and enjoying the great outdoors & self sufficiency. But enjoy your bubble existence...
These hunters don't run as fast as one would think. We are talking about a 10 - 12 minute mile pace, not 5 - 6 minute mile pace as with fast marathoners. it's about tracking skills and endurance. Some people can actually keep up a 14 - 16 minute mile pace just walking. And eight hours is realistic for the hunt, so the video is not edited.
@acebpg I would recommend the long distance physique over the sprinter's. The sprinters, at least in the case of the prey, lose after the long haul =)
These hunters don't run as fast as one would think. We are talking about a 10 - 12 minute mile pace, not 5 - 6 minute mile pace as with fast marathoners. it's about tracking skills and endurance. Some people can actually keep up a 14 - 16 minute mile pace just walking. And eight hours is realistic for the hunt, so the video is not edited.
@acebpg I would recommend the long distance physique over the sprinter's. The sprinters, at least in the case of the prey, lose after the long haul =)
@grimandfrostbittten you wouldn't be able to keep many predators that you think you would do poorly against in close range (without more modern weapons) from catching you by running unless you were a good distance away or possibly going into a tree or something.
@salamandarsalsa you must have misinterpreted my joke to acebpg. I was speaking in terms of human distance runners compared to human sprinters, referencing in the video that in this case the "sprinter" lost :) Although I give many props to this type of hunting, if I hunted I would go out with modern weapons as I don't have time on my side.
Who the hell would ever give this video a thumbs down. These people have great respect for living creatures and only hunt for survival and nothing on this animal goes to waste.
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'when a hunter had nothing more than his own physical endurance'... and SNEAKERS!!! HAHAHA!!
B.S.!!!!
In the baking sun that dude would not be running for hours, and he would need much water that is scarce to find in the desert. (Plastic jug of water provided by the english narrator/ liar). And that modern made spear did nothing to the animal...WTF is this?
@jackman1570 NEVER call David Attenborough a liar, you piece of shit. And yes you fag, he did run for hours in the baking heat. Why else did the animal collapse? for fun? riddle me that, dick head.
@jackman1570 You can survive running on hot weather without much water IF you are used to it and you have drank before the run. Sneakers improve speed somewhat, but without them the hunt would only take longer and if your feet are used to rough surface you shouldn't experience much pain either. Spear made a hole and it was most likely symbolic; just for cinematic purposes, he obviously killed the animal off-screen.
Scientist discovered that Non-Africans have 1%-4% neanderthal DNA. Thus non-Africans aren't pure homo sapiens. This got me thinking, no other race can do what those San people are doing. They display great intelligence and unimaginable physical prowess. No wonder they survived for so long and the neanderthals went extinct. It requires both intelligence and physical prowess to survive in this world of ours. I am just fascinated by the African homo sapiens.
@jubilee203 (the whole pure talk begs the question: the entire world's population is somehow not full Homo Sapien? you kidding me?) Essentially that means Non-Africans have 99-96% ancient Homo Sapien DNA. Safe to say any person in the world is pure Homo Sapien. Also...no other race could do what the San people are doing?? Again are you kidding me? I'm not saying their life is easy, but there are billions of people who could do what the San people do. At the very least, hundreds of millions.
@wiltondeportes No. The research discovered African upon exiting Africa did mate with neanderthal. Causing non-Africans of today to have 1% to 4% neanderthal admixture. Neanderthals aren't ancient homo sapiens. And what's with the we're all the same talk. You and I both know we aren't all physically the same strength. Stop it! There is NO other race that can run 8hrs straight after an animal that runs 35mph. Stop it! Even the African Bantu with their bigger bulk can't do it.
@jubilee203 I was speaking of the original Homo Sapiens who left Africa as being the ancient Homo Sapiens first of all. Second of all, I am not saying we are all the same. I am saying we are all within a few percentages of being the same genetically when looked at from the broad scale. Yes I am saying people other than the San could potentially "Persistance Hunt" if they were in that situation. Environment has a lot to do with development of people. Stop with the racial elitism.
Correction, the Kudu can run at 35 mph with a short burst. It can not keep up that speed for 8 hours straight. The first reason Persistent hunting worked is because humans are bipedal. Even though moving with 2 legs reduce the burst speed, it increases endurance. The second reason is because humans can rapidly reduce body heat via sweating. This is something animals can not do. This is also why they hunt in the mid of the day when the temperature is hottest.
@jubilee203: Even if modern man outside of African origins has Neanderthal DNA, it primarily recessive. All humans are capable of persistence hunting. The reason why that does not seem likely is because of the lax society that we live in now that does not demand our bodies to do this. Even high school cross country athletes run distances at a pace that most animals would collapse to if they were forced to do the same. We are built for the long haul and we can do it better than any other.
@jubilee203 Actually the Tarahumara tribe of Northern Mexico are known to hunt their prey in this way. The Tarahumara or 'Raramuri' which means running people are well known as possibly the best endurance runners in the world. The book Born To Run by Christopher McDougall gives a rare insight into the Tarahumara.
I don't mean to be critical, but I just notice things and wonder. Did you notice that at one point the announcer notes that the sun is high in the sky, and says it about noon or so, and then says later that the dramatic moment when the antelope is near death from exhaustion is about 8 hours later? Did you notice that it was still quite light then, like around maybe 3 or 4 pm? I'm thinking if they started at near noon and it took 8 hours to get to the kill, then why isn't it dark or near dusk?
@pushya1008 The hunt doesn't start when he mentions the high noon sun. In fact he mentions shortly after that the hunt has already been in procession for a few hours. It's not impossible that the total time of the hunt is closer to 8 hours. It makes sense that they'd start with the rising sun, or just before, as well as it would be cooler out and easier to cover more ground to both find prey and reach the "running" stage of the hunt without dehydrating/exhausting the hunters unnecessarily.
@pushya1008 I love the way you think and analyze and I think that the video is edited. It cannot be 8 hours because by then it would be dusk. But wht I think is they start in the morning and do it. It was noon some time and he got exhausted. maybe they started at 6 am because they wake up with sunlight and sounds of dawn. So once they wake up, the only thing they need to worry about is food for the day. So they start off early and hunt till 2 pm maybe. And they start home and return by 6-8 pm.
@charlieking100 This is close to the equator, so twilight (dawn and dusk) is very short and the day is split almost perfectly to 12 hours of day, 12 of night. An 8-hour hunt fits pretty nicely into this. Of course the video's edited; it's not 8 hours long. Besides all that, David Attenborough (the narrator) is a scientifically respected broadcaster with an excellent record of sticking to the truth. He wouldn't bullshit to seem impressive, he's not the Discovery Channel.
Amazing!!! But how does he get the carcass back to his home? He can't carry it. He's proverbially out in the middle of freakin' nowhere. Does he skin it there and carry back the skin and as much meat as he can, or what? And are there lions around? Will he have to defend his kill against them or others? Or do the others somehow figure out where he is and help him bring it back? Anyone know how this works?
well seeing as how you are not a hunter, i will try to make it simple. First, he hits the carcass with a stick. second he picks up the vacuum packed meat that fell out. then he takes the meat to the supermarket where people can purchase it
@pushya1008 He probably field dresses it and waits for his friends to catch up and they carry everything useful to a safe distance away from the kill site to avoid predators who would smell the blood. You have to eat the organs right away, since they deteriorate rapidly once the animal is dead, so they would probably start a small fire once they've moved far enough and cook the organs and eat them and prepare the meat further for transport. His friends will have no problem finding him.
@pushya1008 the amazing thing is that these people recognize that adolescents and pre nursery women are the ones who need the food and nutrition the most. They cannot get the sustenance they need if they are 50 miles away. It is also impossible for this type of hunt to work if there is not a pack of humans. The whole society, male and female, young and old, participate in the hunt and the pack and they all eat on the spot.
@pushya1008 he skins it when he gets home he figures out his way home because of tracks and nearly superior memory he reuses the spear to keep lionesses at bay and hyenas within a few miles of his partners he uses a loud whistling tool to contact his partners whom will provide him with water and help him carry it back to the tribe
I always used to think each and every day when I have to wait in line for filling up gas at CostCo, that I am lucky that I atleast don't need to hunt my own food. Now I know how lucky the bushmen are, to live sustainably and in sync with what mother earth hoped we would be. The way our great great... great grand fathers hunted deer and rabbit thousands of years ago.
This is a very interesting way in which people are harvesting animal protein for food subsistence. On the other hand, it is sad how you feel as if you must take a stab at contemporary American hunters. I guarantee the majority of hunters today have a higher appreciation and respect for wildlife than you do.
Also, I am sure the man hunting in the video appreciated the BBC film crew scaring the animal on their ATV's. Instead of possibly catching it early on and saving it from exhaustion.
@flatbear333 These people are only good at this because they train to do so. Humans have probably evolved to be able to walk on two legs for long distances, not to run down animals to exhaustion. This is only useful in places where meat, water, and plants are scarce (so you need to run a long time to catch an animal and the animal would have a tough time getting refueled) and where it is easy to follow an animal (such as a desert where there are forests or areas with lots of hills).
Its amazing how SOME people can give this a 'thumbs down', or make negative posts. These men bring themselves near death in order to sustain their families - and pay the utmost respect to the animal.... yet that's not enough for the neohippies - there can be no mistake of whom they see as most valuable.
@weaselunit123 You know, I'm absolutely in love with the natural world. Animals have always been what make me most happy. And I agree with you entirely. Their rationale is out of sync, and it's unfortunate that they don't see the beauty in this lifestyle.
this video would be cool if it was more believable. come on, 7 camera angles to show the killing blow and the hunt. i think not. corniest video on youtube
@ManOmayhem The crew is able to film it because the animal is going nowhere; it is exhausted and cannot physically move--giving time for the crew to set up their cameras.
I wonder how they made it back to their village being the desert so big and all.. this guys are truly amazing... I don't think i can survive with them even for 1 day...lol! Much respect to the tribesmen!!!!
Too bad the San today don't live like this at all. They are farmers, and only put on the skins for tourists. They wouldn't have become farmers if the fucking brits hadn't taken so much of their land.
But they are a different people now, and I only wish them the best as they enter the broader world economy.
TheRealEricLester 3 months ago
amazing video thanks for posting
blackelk7373 3 months ago
@kaos3124 hahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaa
50kT 3 months ago
absolutelly amazing video, the Bushmen are the oldest race in world!!
cuoreangelino 3 months ago
how does he get it back to camp????
scottkarge 4 months ago 4
as a distance runner, this is awe inspiring to me, much respect oto the kalahari and the kudu
scottkarge 4 months ago
Not sure why the uploader chose to make fun of American southerners, as if they are the only people on the planet to hunt with scoped rifles...
BNicodemo 4 months ago
why was he wearing shoes? I would think shoes would fuck up his running technique.
layzzyboy 4 months ago
@HariVIyer I belive, he chased it all the way but stopped a few times to track its direction as needed. The others probably followed at a mich slower pace and helped carry the kill back, because they weren't tired from running. As for nourishment he was carrying water on him.
africandude1 4 months ago
Were they tracking the bull or 8 hours? Or was the runner actually chasing the bull for 8 hours?
Either way it's impressive...but running for 8 hours without some form of nourishment seems impossible...even for a seasoned distance runner.
HariVIyer 4 months ago
@HariVIyer a seasoned distance runner cant compare to these guys.
mojomatt176 4 months ago
@mojomatt176 I just realized it's actually because they are jogging and taking a lot of breaks - As a marathon runner I can tell you that a 3 hour run is very different from an 8 hour jog/walk.
Still have mad respect for them...but the human would collapse just like the Cudu unless he either replenishes his muscle glycogen, or burns it at a much slower rate by jogging slowly instead of running.
HariVIyer 3 months ago
@HariVIyer I don't believe the human would collapse as quickly as the cudu, if at all, because of the quadruped argument. Quadrupeds can't breath while galloping, as opposed to humans, who can breath whether we're jogging or at top speed. A huge advantage for us. In essence, the cudu dies because of oxygen deprivation.
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@mojomatt176 I agree with you that the cudu would collapse faster - but the human also has a breaking point; not because of oxygen deprivation, but because at some point they won't have any fuel left to burn in their muscles.
The average human can store about 1300 calories in their muscles in the form of glycogen...a well conditioned endurance athlete can store upwards of 2500...that's enough to run a marathon at a fast running pace, or jog/walk slowly for much much longer
HariVIyer 3 months ago
@HariVIyer An interesting read would be "Born To Run" by Christopher McDougall. He talks about the Tarahumara Indians who could run far longer than modern distance runners...barefoot.
mojomatt176 3 months ago
@mojomatt176 Interesting read on wikpedia - although there are modern distance runners who run hundreds of miles in a single race - look up Yiannis Kouros and other ultramarathon runners. Still, both Trahumara Indians and ultramarathon runners have to refuel...or they would literally violate the laws of physics.
HariVIyer 3 months ago
@HariVIyer Very true. Well, happy running!:)
mojomatt176 3 months ago
I really want to get that guy a pair of spikes
DrBaconator2134 5 months ago
the most efficient way to carry water is under your arm.
SuperMannurse 5 months ago
No stretching, no Gatorade. NO BULLSHIT!
sabretoothed69 5 months ago 2
4-5 years later and this still amazes me. I'm going bow hunting with a self-bow I made myself for the first time, but even that I had a lot of help with modern conveniences. And I think THAT is hard.
jonp382 5 months ago
Who was the camera man that ran with him? most impressive!
marmaladekamikaze 6 months ago
Amazing!!! I'm glad that we have McDonalds, Burger King, Carls Jr., and/or Wendy's that have their own bushmen to kill our food. Otherwise myself and every other lazy-ass American would starve to death!
oshkoshmejosh 6 months ago
anth 111 smh
DCoa5 6 months ago
I doubt you could hunt horses this way.
michalchik 6 months ago
I have actually hunted this way. But i killed my prey with a handgun. It is exhausting, believe me ;)
YOPAJAG 6 months ago
@YOPAJAG Cool story bro.
arcierobob 6 months ago
That last part was kinda cold... He killed it as it collapsed from exghaustin! It felt sad...
I mean, I'm all for hunting, I just don't look my kill in the eye whilst killing it.
nachoskater44 6 months ago
@nachoskater44 You, my friend, are a coward.
Geenimetsuri 6 months ago
@nachoskater44 I think not looking your prey in the eye while you kill it is cowardly. You dishonor the spirit of the animal by disrespecting it in such a way. If you are going to take his life, at least have the courage to also look him in the eye as you do it.
whitehusky3 6 months ago 2
i feel insufficient now.
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gaybruno575 6 months ago
Humans really are amazing. No cheetah is going to be able to finish a marathon.
Krowsnose 6 months ago
and then he carries the 200kg animal for 80km back to his village?
What.
TheCrankydragon 7 months ago
@TheCrankydragon a) his mates follow him. b) the animal doesn't run away in a straight line, it changes tack. so he's much closer to camp than you'd be if you ran straight away from it for hours.
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KillerGurl20 7 months ago
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evnejg 7 months ago
8 hours huh? Not your typical 9-5
dilorenzopl 7 months ago
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MrKra7as 7 months ago
this is true hunting for sure, would you agree, the rifle stuff is too unreal
lastsaracen 7 months ago
Just imagine their sexual stamina!
timmytims100 7 months ago 30
@timmytims100 I always wonder what people mean by that. You mean like you are too out of shape to be able to bone enough?
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@timmytims100 I'd rather not tbh.
Tazwegian 6 months ago
This is a clip from the BBCs series The Life of Mammals, episode 10: Food for Thought.
I've loved this video for years, and just now figured out where it came from, thanks to a friend remembering my enthusiastic babbling about the subject and running across the show.
I definitely recommend watching the rest of the series.
DarxusC 7 months ago
in soviet russia, kudu hunt you!
nicholas5526 8 months ago
I feel sad for the animals :(
Max261193 8 months ago
@Max261193 which ones? since humans are animals as well...
BigBen81 5 months ago
Wow ultimately the we can do whatever we put our minds to this is an amazing video..if you really want something in life go an get it.
MyFitJourney 8 months ago
this should be shown to homeless men, so that they understand they don't have to go hungry.
MargaritasAntesPorco 8 months ago
Dam that's pretty tight Berry impressive
jettaman23719 8 months ago
Why don't they just pick up some Mcdonalds?
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callscott1 9 months ago
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StainedFeathers 9 months ago
humans don't need meat to survive- vegan
albertescamilla 9 months ago
@albertescamilla True, but only if there is plenty of food. It's not all that easy to find food in the desert, unless you prefer grazing on tall grass and dead trees. Meat is the only food available, and you don't need much to keep you going.
mmccbb 9 months ago
@albertescamilla Thats not true actually. Biologically we can sure, but environmentally, economically? Nope. Crops require good soil, and flat land to grow well. In large amounts of the world that land doesn't exist in big enough quantities to feed the people and only utilising the rest of the land that has thin top soil, infertile soil, or that is hilly (or a combination) can countries create enough food - the UK is a prime example.
galenwolf 7 months ago
@albertescamilla part 2: That is not say there are not places with vast amounts of flat, good land. America has it and Africa has it as well. But to shut down all the farms that utilise land that can only grow grass and feed animals and open up crop farms in these few places means having to transport vast amounts of food all over he world creating insane levels of pollution. Also don't forget crops need specific weather, take Scotland and Canada for example.. where are they going to grow crops?
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eurasianchica 9 months ago
"Cororeh" drew the short straw lmao
haeselian 9 months ago
So now he's gotta carry that fucking thing all the way back to his village?? Damn.
riddleman65 9 months ago 2
...@WXKFA Track-hunting's a bitch sometimes. I can't hunt anymore due to illness.
However, when I did- I ambush-hunted... then tracked- If I had to, that is. This fellow- IS master of his...er, 'Game'...
Yeah, 6+ billion and counting to feed. I'm just pissed @ the liberal minded(USA) as it's always bitchin', preventin' & politics w/'em and seldom, if ever, offering anything practical, constructive and do-able. Just, bitch, bitch, bitch! And when they get 2b in charge; Lectures powergrabs & BS.
SittingMooseShaman 9 months ago
WOW! He chased for 8 hours!!!! God bless! i would have given up in 5 minutes and decided that we would have to eat roots and berries!
asuirdbodybutters 9 months ago 3
This is breathtaking. I cried a little.
oldpiq 9 months ago 3
....modern world? Waxing poetic, the misguided liberal is cast aside by evolution as unfit 2 survive- being totally unrealistic & lacking in practical thinking due 2 actually believing the false teachings conjured-up by teachers & others who are guided by the sure-poison of mans' politics & social hypocrisy- Nature always takes the path of least resistance: A big, fat, cheesy-diner Grease-Burger goes down better than tofu any day of the week! Imagine, 300 million Americans trackin' down dinner?!
SittingMooseShaman 9 months ago
@SittingMooseShaman There wouldn't be 300 million Americans without this "factory farming" and you already know there's a slight problem with world population.
I'm not against factory farming, after all we all need to eat and we are omnivores. Modern world has just made it relatively easy to get food so we don't think about that when we "get excited" - that's the problem.
WXKFA 9 months ago
How the HELL did that camera man keep up?
diesel7777777 9 months ago 3
look folks, I keep hearing all this garbage about hunting for sport. I am a hunter and I hunt for food. I like my meat without chemicals and antibiotics. I live near milwaukee, so you tell me where I can buy free range venison for 1$ per 10 pounds of meat. I don't have much money, i am a veteran and I attend college and have to feed myself and my wife. I cover about 9 miles a day in heavy gear in subzero temperatures and thick brush, to take iron sights shots at close range.I'm not fat slobbish.
hoffs4676 10 months ago 2
We should go....Sand-People are easily startled, but they'll soon be back, and in greater numbers....
homerbear46 10 months ago
I can't imagine any other predator using pure endurance in the same manner. I mean, 8 hours???!!!
flyboifly 10 months ago
This is very beautiful. First time I saw it, I cried. Much respect for the hunter and the prey.
Gh3ttoBlast3r 10 months ago 2
its funny to watch this and then think their are fat slobbish hunters now a days who use high powered scoped rifles and sit their fat ass in a pre assembled hut or tree stand to shoot a wolf or bear for pure "trophy" that just wanders by, and then thinks its something impressive... pffft bahahahaha
gu151 10 months ago 66
@gu151 .... Exactly. Yet they would be the first to make fun of African people (or any indigenous tribe) who they perceive aren't as advanced. Maybe in technology, yes, they are behind. These people are so much more skilled and connected to spirit/source like Native American Indians are. They are true hunters with respect for life in general and would live on as the fat slobbish ones curled up in a fetal position and cried for their mommy.
raphaels4 9 months ago
@gu151 Is it any funnier than watching an emaciated tribe that's never more than a day or two from starvation chasing a single animal for hours?
I'll take my rifle, job, plentiful affordable food supply, modern technology, and a gym membership any day of the week. Oh, and proper use of words like "their", "it's", etc.
bobbytimberlake 9 months ago
@bobbytimberlake You sound pretty butthurt. Sorry for that. You having technology and a house is by no doing of yours, its simply something you were born into, so bragging about it is hilarious. The main point I wasnt making is that modern hunting is a joke as far as being something to be impressed with. There is no contest in it thus defeating it being called "sportsman". People like you who drive a truck with cheesy bumper stickers and "hunt" with rifles just SCREAM "I have tiny dick"
gu151 9 months ago
@gu151 Maybe once you're out of your parents' place you'll see that technology, shelter, & food don't just appear. They're created by productive individuals, & if you ever reach the point where your rent, bills, & meals come from your earnings from your labor you'll understand.
As for the whiny old argument that cool guns, powerful cars, computers, planes, explosions, rock climbing, hang gliding, or anything else fun must mean a small dick, what's your line to girls who are into that stuff?
bobbytimberlake 9 months ago
@bobbytimberlake Actually I drive tractor trailer for a living with my own house, nice try dick dweeb. I am just realistic enough to know the reality of todays world, unlike you who is to dim witted to grasp basic ecology and statistics. I want to leave the world the same way it was when I was born, when I die. Respect future generations and stop being deliberately arrogant so you can feel less guilty about your shitty ways.
gu151 8 months ago
@bobbytimberlake, @gu151 Women worth having don't consider many of those things cool and I don't know of many females who consider killing 'fun.' People who get pleasure out of bloodshed, fear, and suffering will get the 'girls' they deserve: common brain-dead redneck breeders.
kitteesPJs 8 months ago
@kitteesPJs Wow, "bloodshed, fear, and suffering"? Sad that that's your worldview of anything outside what must be a sheltered upbringing in some urban island where everything's illegal.
Take a trip to the other 98% of this country some time and you'll find thousands of girls getting their hands dirty working on cars, going to the range, hiking, fishing, tinkering with computer & stereo gear, and enjoying the great outdoors & self sufficiency. But enjoy your bubble existence...
bobbytimberlake 8 months ago 2
@gu151 They're pathetic if you ask me
stillesgewaesser7 8 months ago
@gu151
I'm inclined to agree with you but most hunting is allowed in order to keep animal populations in check. There's some actual reason put into it
1254261 6 months ago
Beauty In the Kill. This is Remarkable.
biggfilmsx 10 months ago
beautiful!
Nostalgik819 10 months ago
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These hunters don't run as fast as one would think. We are talking about a 10 - 12 minute mile pace, not 5 - 6 minute mile pace as with fast marathoners. it's about tracking skills and endurance. Some people can actually keep up a 14 - 16 minute mile pace just walking. And eight hours is realistic for the hunt, so the video is not edited.
@acebpg I would recommend the long distance physique over the sprinter's. The sprinters, at least in the case of the prey, lose after the long haul =)
grimandfrostbittten 10 months ago
These hunters don't run as fast as one would think. We are talking about a 10 - 12 minute mile pace, not 5 - 6 minute mile pace as with fast marathoners. it's about tracking skills and endurance. Some people can actually keep up a 14 - 16 minute mile pace just walking. And eight hours is realistic for the hunt, so the video is not edited.
@acebpg I would recommend the long distance physique over the sprinter's. The sprinters, at least in the case of the prey, lose after the long haul =)
grimandfrostbittten 10 months ago
@grimandfrostbittten you wouldn't be able to keep many predators that you think you would do poorly against in close range (without more modern weapons) from catching you by running unless you were a good distance away or possibly going into a tree or something.
salamandarsalsa 9 months ago
@salamandarsalsa you must have misinterpreted my joke to acebpg. I was speaking in terms of human distance runners compared to human sprinters, referencing in the video that in this case the "sprinter" lost :) Although I give many props to this type of hunting, if I hunted I would go out with modern weapons as I don't have time on my side.
grimandfrostbittten 9 months ago
Mad respect for these peeps. That is hunting at its best
driftingsenko 10 months ago
This is beautiful.
TheRealRanktwo 10 months ago
and i thought wrestling practice was hard...
12Youknowit 11 months ago
he's gonna get laid for getting that deer
1q3er5 11 months ago
How did they separate the buck from the herd?
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TPW0025 11 months ago
no wonder these guys break marathon records... it's part of their way of life... you dont last you dont eat you dont live...
loudpplsuck 11 months ago
Who the hell would ever give this video a thumbs down. These people have great respect for living creatures and only hunt for survival and nothing on this animal goes to waste.
Hirt1026 11 months ago
Let me guess. You have messed your head with veganism? You're a total douchebag.
petalaak 11 months ago
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'when a hunter had nothing more than his own physical endurance'... and SNEAKERS!!! HAHAHA!!
B.S.!!!!
In the baking sun that dude would not be running for hours, and he would need much water that is scarce to find in the desert. (Plastic jug of water provided by the english narrator/ liar). And that modern made spear did nothing to the animal...WTF is this?
jackman1570 11 months ago
@jackman1570 you're an idiot. You obviously are ignorant to any and every aspect of the video and the topics you commented on.
GRileaux 11 months ago 2
@jackman1570 NEVER call David Attenborough a liar, you piece of shit. And yes you fag, he did run for hours in the baking heat. Why else did the animal collapse? for fun? riddle me that, dick head.
The1stPoster 11 months ago
@jackman1570 You can survive running on hot weather without much water IF you are used to it and you have drank before the run. Sneakers improve speed somewhat, but without them the hunt would only take longer and if your feet are used to rough surface you shouldn't experience much pain either. Spear made a hole and it was most likely symbolic; just for cinematic purposes, he obviously killed the animal off-screen.
WXKFA 9 months ago
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This is fucking disgusting, I hope everyone who participated in the making of this sick video gets HIV and is hunting down with aids spears...
gesh9 11 months ago
@gesh9
You're obviously an idiot.
anonymouszrt45 11 months ago
@gesh9 youre a cunt
Amarksyhk 11 months ago
shotgun for deer hunting? grab your running shoes instead!
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HunterEdAdventures 11 months ago
Scientist discovered that Non-Africans have 1%-4% neanderthal DNA. Thus non-Africans aren't pure homo sapiens. This got me thinking, no other race can do what those San people are doing. They display great intelligence and unimaginable physical prowess. No wonder they survived for so long and the neanderthals went extinct. It requires both intelligence and physical prowess to survive in this world of ours. I am just fascinated by the African homo sapiens.
jubilee203 11 months ago
@jubilee203 (the whole pure talk begs the question: the entire world's population is somehow not full Homo Sapien? you kidding me?) Essentially that means Non-Africans have 99-96% ancient Homo Sapien DNA. Safe to say any person in the world is pure Homo Sapien. Also...no other race could do what the San people are doing?? Again are you kidding me? I'm not saying their life is easy, but there are billions of people who could do what the San people do. At the very least, hundreds of millions.
wiltondeportes 11 months ago
@wiltondeportes No. The research discovered African upon exiting Africa did mate with neanderthal. Causing non-Africans of today to have 1% to 4% neanderthal admixture. Neanderthals aren't ancient homo sapiens. And what's with the we're all the same talk. You and I both know we aren't all physically the same strength. Stop it! There is NO other race that can run 8hrs straight after an animal that runs 35mph. Stop it! Even the African Bantu with their bigger bulk can't do it.
jubilee203 11 months ago
@jubilee203 I was speaking of the original Homo Sapiens who left Africa as being the ancient Homo Sapiens first of all. Second of all, I am not saying we are all the same. I am saying we are all within a few percentages of being the same genetically when looked at from the broad scale. Yes I am saying people other than the San could potentially "Persistance Hunt" if they were in that situation. Environment has a lot to do with development of people. Stop with the racial elitism.
wiltondeportes 11 months ago
@jubilee203
Correction, the Kudu can run at 35 mph with a short burst. It can not keep up that speed for 8 hours straight. The first reason Persistent hunting worked is because humans are bipedal. Even though moving with 2 legs reduce the burst speed, it increases endurance. The second reason is because humans can rapidly reduce body heat via sweating. This is something animals can not do. This is also why they hunt in the mid of the day when the temperature is hottest.
holyseraph 11 months ago
@holyseraph but humans are animals
tinygangster66 10 months ago
@jubilee203: Even if modern man outside of African origins has Neanderthal DNA, it primarily recessive. All humans are capable of persistence hunting. The reason why that does not seem likely is because of the lax society that we live in now that does not demand our bodies to do this. Even high school cross country athletes run distances at a pace that most animals would collapse to if they were forced to do the same. We are built for the long haul and we can do it better than any other.
mrbignerd 10 months ago 2
@jubilee203 google 'tarahumara' and 'wikipedia ultramarathon runners'
salamandarsalsa 9 months ago
@jubilee203 Actually the Tarahumara tribe of Northern Mexico are known to hunt their prey in this way. The Tarahumara or 'Raramuri' which means running people are well known as possibly the best endurance runners in the world. The book Born To Run by Christopher McDougall gives a rare insight into the Tarahumara.
davkel09 6 months ago
I don't mean to be critical, but I just notice things and wonder. Did you notice that at one point the announcer notes that the sun is high in the sky, and says it about noon or so, and then says later that the dramatic moment when the antelope is near death from exhaustion is about 8 hours later? Did you notice that it was still quite light then, like around maybe 3 or 4 pm? I'm thinking if they started at near noon and it took 8 hours to get to the kill, then why isn't it dark or near dusk?
pushya1008 11 months ago
@pushya1008 The hunt doesn't start when he mentions the high noon sun. In fact he mentions shortly after that the hunt has already been in procession for a few hours. It's not impossible that the total time of the hunt is closer to 8 hours. It makes sense that they'd start with the rising sun, or just before, as well as it would be cooler out and easier to cover more ground to both find prey and reach the "running" stage of the hunt without dehydrating/exhausting the hunters unnecessarily.
UnholyVisage 11 months ago
@pushya1008 I love the way you think and analyze and I think that the video is edited. It cannot be 8 hours because by then it would be dusk. But wht I think is they start in the morning and do it. It was noon some time and he got exhausted. maybe they started at 6 am because they wake up with sunlight and sounds of dawn. So once they wake up, the only thing they need to worry about is food for the day. So they start off early and hunt till 2 pm maybe. And they start home and return by 6-8 pm.
charlieking100 10 months ago
@charlieking100 This is close to the equator, so twilight (dawn and dusk) is very short and the day is split almost perfectly to 12 hours of day, 12 of night. An 8-hour hunt fits pretty nicely into this. Of course the video's edited; it's not 8 hours long. Besides all that, David Attenborough (the narrator) is a scientifically respected broadcaster with an excellent record of sticking to the truth. He wouldn't bullshit to seem impressive, he's not the Discovery Channel.
CopiousJ 10 months ago
This is the same way zombies hunt humans in the wild.
crozowblade 11 months ago 7
They are no predators, so as our ancesters never were. They live in harmony with nature as a part of it, keeping its balance within the echosystem.
yomerisisisisisma 11 months ago
Amazing!!! But how does he get the carcass back to his home? He can't carry it. He's proverbially out in the middle of freakin' nowhere. Does he skin it there and carry back the skin and as much meat as he can, or what? And are there lions around? Will he have to defend his kill against them or others? Or do the others somehow figure out where he is and help him bring it back? Anyone know how this works?
pushya1008 11 months ago
@pushya1008
well seeing as how you are not a hunter, i will try to make it simple. First, he hits the carcass with a stick. second he picks up the vacuum packed meat that fell out. then he takes the meat to the supermarket where people can purchase it
Whitecracka1324 11 months ago
@pushya1008 He probably field dresses it and waits for his friends to catch up and they carry everything useful to a safe distance away from the kill site to avoid predators who would smell the blood. You have to eat the organs right away, since they deteriorate rapidly once the animal is dead, so they would probably start a small fire once they've moved far enough and cook the organs and eat them and prepare the meat further for transport. His friends will have no problem finding him.
crozowblade 11 months ago
@pushya1008 the amazing thing is that these people recognize that adolescents and pre nursery women are the ones who need the food and nutrition the most. They cannot get the sustenance they need if they are 50 miles away. It is also impossible for this type of hunt to work if there is not a pack of humans. The whole society, male and female, young and old, participate in the hunt and the pack and they all eat on the spot.
csmith5481 11 months ago
@pushya1008 he skins it when he gets home he figures out his way home because of tracks and nearly superior memory he reuses the spear to keep lionesses at bay and hyenas within a few miles of his partners he uses a loud whistling tool to contact his partners whom will provide him with water and help him carry it back to the tribe
tinygangster66 10 months ago
wow, air jordan's but no gun.
ASeventhSign 11 months ago
I always used to think each and every day when I have to wait in line for filling up gas at CostCo, that I am lucky that I atleast don't need to hunt my own food. Now I know how lucky the bushmen are, to live sustainably and in sync with what mother earth hoped we would be. The way our great great... great grand fathers hunted deer and rabbit thousands of years ago.
Thank you Sir Attenborough.
charlieking100 1 year ago
Just imagine having to carry that back to your people after an 8 hour run. He better drink his own pee.
kingjor3 1 year ago
This is a very interesting way in which people are harvesting animal protein for food subsistence. On the other hand, it is sad how you feel as if you must take a stab at contemporary American hunters. I guarantee the majority of hunters today have a higher appreciation and respect for wildlife than you do.
Also, I am sure the man hunting in the video appreciated the BBC film crew scaring the animal on their ATV's. Instead of possibly catching it early on and saving it from exhaustion.
Traijini22 1 year ago
Hahah yes see I like the description some of you think you have skill taking a 500 yard shot with a coustom rifle then having to drive over to it
MrFishermen98 1 year ago
Sweet
RioLakota 1 year ago
This is truly beautiful. Staying with the animal til it's death. Comforting it.
The Circle of life. Not just raping the land of its animals.
EzraAbu 1 year ago
holy crap i wish i could run as far as he did and when the man rubbed the deers saliva on his lag i was like ewwwwwwwwww
finalfantasy12able 1 year ago
I am further humbled.
MrBohica1980 1 year ago
If David Attenborough weren't an old man, I would marry him.
maximum411 1 year ago
The book "Born To Run" talks more about this. Truly F A S C I N A T I N G!
ghsrig 1 year ago 2
The book "Born To Run" talks more about this. Truly F A S C I N A T I N G!
ghsrig 1 year ago
So many questions....
36zvxb 1 year ago
Humans are made to run miles to tire animals and stone/cut them to death.
Which is why we sweat alot and we get all these kind of sickness because of our laziness. Without medicines we maybe would get estinct.
Well sadly people are lazy and belivie in god instead of doing what they are supposed to do.
flatbear333 1 year ago
@flatbear333 What the hell are you going on about? lol
1madaboutguitar 1 year ago
@flatbear333 These people are only good at this because they train to do so. Humans have probably evolved to be able to walk on two legs for long distances, not to run down animals to exhaustion. This is only useful in places where meat, water, and plants are scarce (so you need to run a long time to catch an animal and the animal would have a tough time getting refueled) and where it is easy to follow an animal (such as a desert where there are forests or areas with lots of hills).
salamandarsalsa 9 months ago
@salamandarsalsa Chimpanzees have even been seen to use spears and to perform surprise attacks.
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Go fuck yourself you animal hating pieces of shit. One day I will rape and murder your families and we will see whos laughing.
adamarmy12 1 year ago
@adamarmy12 I can hear the veins on your forehead popping.
TheIronMarx 1 year ago
Hunting the way it should be done.
UngodlyFreak 1 year ago
Any runners watching this vid? All I can think is that theyd be great in a race...
DigiBentoBox 1 year ago 3
Respect for humans +1
Now I feel I should be doing some persistence hunting.
curlybob64 1 year ago 23
@curlybob64 Nah you don't want to have a long distance runners physique instead do sprints =) That runner is a badass though.
acebpg 11 months ago
@acebpg Already am more of a long distance runner, but I can't sprint for shit.
curlybob64 11 months ago
his helmet was stiffling. his shield was heavy.
squirtleenblastoise 1 year ago 3
Cause u know...give a man a "dear" and he will be happy for one day
Give him a gun and he will be happy forever
EveryNameIsUsedDamnF 1 year ago
He is wearing sneackers!
Just givehim a hamburger and save him from running
EveryNameIsUsedDamnF 1 year ago
Then what? After chasing it for 8 hours, you just carry it back to the village on your back?
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DNA98Chimp 1 year ago
Its amazing how SOME people can give this a 'thumbs down', or make negative posts. These men bring themselves near death in order to sustain their families - and pay the utmost respect to the animal.... yet that's not enough for the neohippies - there can be no mistake of whom they see as most valuable.
weaselunit123 1 year ago 5
@weaselunit123 You know, I'm absolutely in love with the natural world. Animals have always been what make me most happy. And I agree with you entirely. Their rationale is out of sync, and it's unfortunate that they don't see the beauty in this lifestyle.
TheNilesEdge 1 year ago
he would be very handy in a 10,000 meter race
drmarrese101 1 year ago 2
Great vid but I dont think the American 90lb beer belly comment was necessary. It did nothing but betray your prejudice and ideology.
1Bigcheese100 1 year ago
thas the way all of our meat should be sacrificed.
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ilenejyty 1 year ago
this video would be cool if it was more believable. come on, 7 camera angles to show the killing blow and the hunt. i think not. corniest video on youtube
ManOmayhem 1 year ago
@ManOmayhem The crew is able to film it because the animal is going nowhere; it is exhausted and cannot physically move--giving time for the crew to set up their cameras.
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jenitadias 1 year ago
I wonder how they made it back to their village being the desert so big and all.. this guys are truly amazing... I don't think i can survive with them even for 1 day...lol! Much respect to the tribesmen!!!!
jaspooh1230 1 year ago
Woah, that was intense!
Amazing!