“CGP grey has a great video based on that book”
Follow-up on animal domestication
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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 this video
The Secret Reason Horses Let Us Ride Them
26.6M views · Feb 29, 2016 · 6:23 · 3 HN recommenders · 4 mentions · discussed 2018–2023
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.
Why Hacker News points people here: HN recommends it as a classic on why some animals are suited to farming and domestication and others are not.
“CGP Grey has a great video [0] that goes into why some animals are better to farm/breed/eat than others.”HN comment, 2023
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Classic on why we eat cows not tigers
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A classic: this 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."
“CGP Grey has a great video [0] that goes into why some animals are better to farm/breed/eat than others.”
Why some animals are better to farm than others
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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] this video
“Absence vs. presence is an effect too!”
Horses' limited range shaped world
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One way in which horses shaped the world is precisely that they only existed in certain places: this video Absence vs. presence is an effect too!