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The Secret Reason Horses Let Us Ride Them
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CGP Grey explains why horses could be ridden and why other animals like zebras and bears were never domesticated for war or riding. It is a follow-up on the topic of animal domestication.
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HN recommends it as a classic on why some animals are suited to farming and domestication and others are not.
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CGP grey has a great video based on that book: [LINK] , there is also a follow up on the related subject of animal domestication [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗A classic: [VIDEO] "Ten pounds of grass make a pound of steak. And ten pounds of steak make a pound of tiger. But these have the same number of calories - so you might as well just eat the cow and save yourself a lot of work."
Read original comment ↗CGP Grey has a great video [0] that goes into why some animals are better to farm/breed/eat than others. The top selection criteria are animals that are: 1. Friendly 2. Feedable 3. "Fecund" 4. Family-friendly [0] [VIDEO]
Read original comment ↗One way in which horses shaped the world is precisely that they only existed in certain places: [VIDEO] Absence vs. presence is an effect too!
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