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user2459 on April 2, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Humans hot, sweaty, natural-born runners

"We’re the tortoises of the animal kingdom"

... That might be the deepest thing I've ever read.

Also, here's Attenborough narrating this article http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=826HMLoiE_o

wowoc on April 2, 2012 | [–]

Yeah, I'd say the tortoises are the tortoises of the animal kingdom.

phylofx on April 2, 2012 | [–]

"We’re the tortoises of the animal kingdom" such a beautiful and witty analogy, isn't it?

bwldrbst on April 3, 2012 | [–]

That's what separates us from the animals. Except for the weasel.

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