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The Intense 8 Hour Hunt | Attenborough Life of Mammals | BBC Earth

BBC Earth · documentary · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

A clip from Attenborough's Life of Mammals following a San tribesman in the Kalahari on an eight-hour persistence hunt, running down a kudu through harsh heat. It shows tracking, endurance running and the hunter's reaction after the kill.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN returns to it as the canonical footage of persistence hunting in threads about human endurance running and evolution.

  • 6 people recommended it
  • 6 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2010, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's a beautiful video, and the way the hunter reacts after the kill is very moving.”

    Hunters chase a kudu; beautiful and moving.

    JPKab, 2012-08 · Strong recommendation · in “The humans who outrun horses”

  2. “This BBC clip on persistence hunting (narrated by David Attenborough!) is worth a watch”

    Incredible endurance of San hunters in the Kalahari.

    liuhenry, 2011-02 · Recommendation · in “Belgian man completes 365 marathons in 365 consecutive days”

  3. “Check this remarkable video on persistence hunting in the kalahari”

    Hunter chases a buck until exhausted.

    Synaesthesia, 2013-09 · Recommendation · in “Why humans can outrun horses but can’t jump higher than cats.”

  4. “I think this video really gives a good idea of how humanity used to think of hunting and eating animals”

    Shows how humanity once respected hunted animals.

    stanfordkid, 2017-02 · Recommendation · in “Bees can train each other to use tools”

  5. “I also recommend this BBC video of a persistence hunter tracking and running down a Kudu”

    Illustrates how running, tracking, memory and planning work together.

    Fricken, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Why Walking Helps Us Think (2014)”

  6. “Interesting video here of one of the San people running down a Kudu”

    San hunter runs down a kudu in an 8 hour chase.

    Andy_G11, 2022-09 · Recommendation · in “Aleksandr Sorokin smashes 24-hour world record with 198.6 mile run”

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Topics: endurance running, kalahari, attenborough, human evolution, tracking

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