Yes, that edit is excessive and should probably be reverted completely to remove the obvious axe-grinding tone it's written in, even if it might be appropriate to also mention heat as a factor in why this is a situationally-viable tactic. I notice the same troper has made similar edits to Implacable Man and You Are Already Dead, removing "factual errors" about something it's broadly agreed humans did and, in some cases demonstrably still do.
Yeah, all three edited pages don't really list any facts that invalidate what was deleted. They are either themselves factually wrong (a healthy, in-shape human is not easier to kill than most creatures their size, and they do not get exhausted after a few seconds of running), or don't apply (yes, our lack of fur does make it difficult to move through brush, but that is a moot point on the open grasslands we are adapted for).
I'm going to go ahead and undo this and the entries on the other pages, leaving only the change to the dinosaurs entry which is itself removing an argumentative addition. If someone thinks the current entries overstate their case they can revise them in a more measured fashion without packaging it with exaggerated anti-human rants. It actually feels a bit irresponsible to leave up claims that a human targeted by a "creature" might as well give up and die, though I hope no one is getting survival tips here.
The Guy Rambling Online at Midnight
Do weasels qualify for the real life section? At least one species, the least weasel, eats very little of its prey before going out to hunt again, apparently compelled by hunting instincts, until its burrow is filled with half-eaten carcasses.
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I removed the Azula example because she doesn't seem to follow the Avatar to a ridiculous extreme(she doesn't follow Aang to the exclusion of all else). Zuko if anything would be a better example, having spent three years on him, actively sabotaging his own people's attempts to capture the Avatar.
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Also what, human examples shouldn't even be here in the first place. So good call.
Super persistent predator
There’s the pack of pterosaurs in Ice Age Dawn of the Dinosaurs, while they chase through a canyon they don’t stop when others are getting struck down by berries or when they’re weaving around brachiosaurus legs. One is clever enough that he dodged berries when he’s targeted.
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Lets try to keep all the animals who do this out of habit next to eachother ok?
sdmitch16
The Godzilla film points are redundant.
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Regarding the recent edit, is it fair to say removing all mention of human persistence hunting was excessive? It seems to also vastly exaggerate the deficiencies of the human body. I mean most people who are in decent shape can run for longer than five or ten seconds. And like most creatures, our weak senses are simply for things we don't need. Our hearing is decent, our vision excellent. I don't think there is any denying that humans (as in humans who live in the wilderness) have tremendous endurance compared to most creatures.
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