Best Runner in the Animal Kingdom, According to Wild Kratts:

I've had the pleasure of watching these beautiful animals run around the high desert in Arizona. We were watching a herd run from our car when they came to a barbed wire fence. Instead of hopping over the fence which I thought they would do easily, they all slid effortlessly under the fence without missing a step. Truly graceful animals.

Aridzona wrote:

I've had the pleasure of watching these beautiful animals run around the high desert in Arizona. We were watching a herd run from our car when they came to a barbed wire fence. Instead of hopping over the fence which I thought they would do easily, they all slid effortlessly under the fence without missing a step. Truly graceful animals.

Nice.

Yes, it is a little known (widely known?) fact that pronghorn do not jump. As a result fences throughout the west pose much greater challenges for them than for deer.

So, great runners...but not so much for the decathlon?

thejeff wrote:

So, great runners...but not so much for the decathlon?

Unless you can count ten recipes in which to serve them.

thejeff wrote:

it can run over 40mph for 5 miles. That is an 8k in 7:30ish, which should podium, even among LR posters.

I would say PEDs but we all know PEDs don't work on Pronghorn Antelopes.

5 miles may or may not be enough to outrun one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBtLS3RstU

Bad Wigins wrote:

5 miles may or may not be enough to outrun one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBtLS3RstU

A pronghorn would leave those so far in the dust it would be laughable.

the pronghorn "can run 35 mph for 4 mi (56 km/h for 6 km), 42 mph for 1 mi (67 km/h for 1.6 km), and 55 mph for 0.5 mi (88.5 km/h for .8 km)."

says the wikipedia, a slightly more authoritative source than the OP.

Which would make perfect sense as it evolved that speed to outlast a now-extinct cheetah-like pursuer and has no need for endurance beyond that. A dedicated speed-endurance machine like a Saluki might patiently run it to ground.

Bad Wigins wrote:

5 miles may or may not be enough to outrun one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQBtLS3RstU

That was impressive and slightly terrifying. Those things are relentless.

Been doing more reading on Salukis. They apparently have heavily padded feet which absorbs the shock of running. Haven't these dogs heard about the minimalist footwear movement? The Tarahumara just wear skinny sandals!

Bad Wigins wrote:

the pronghorn "can run 35 mph for 4 mi (56 km/h for 6 km), 42 mph for 1 mi (67 km/h for 1.6 km), and 55 mph for 0.5 mi (88.5 km/h for .8 km)."

says the wikipedia, a slightly more authoritative source than the OP.

Which would make perfect sense as it evolved that speed to outlast a now-extinct cheetah-like pursuer and has no need for endurance beyond that. A dedicated speed-endurance machine like a Saluki might patiently run it to ground.

You are an ignorant fool. The pronghorn can easily do 40 mph for well over 5 miles. The wikipedia as an authoritative source? LOL.

Obviously you have never done any work on the range and don't know anyone who has. Pronghorns run alongside cars doing 50 mph just for fun and look like they are doing an easy jog.

Oh, and nice job spouting pure speculation as to the pronghorn's evolutionary pressures as if it is anything but BS.

Thanks for saving me the trouble :-)

[quote]Bad Wigins wrote:

can run 35 mph for 4 mi (56 km/h for 6 km), 42 mph for 1 mi

A horse could run close to those speeds and at 10 x the weight is the more impressive athlete

camels are better long distance runners than horses which is more impressive. Research says they could run a marathon in about an hour. Ostichs' can run steady at about 30 mph and would finish a marathon in about 45 mins.

Typical runner or sockpuppet wrote:

Been doing more reading on Salukis. They apparently have heavily padded feet which absorbs the shock of running. Haven't these dogs heard about the minimalist footwear movement? The Tarahumara just wear skinny sandals!

Salukis lack key biometrics that perfect evolutionary runners (Humans) have, necessitating a heavier foot pad. Woof.

So what evolutionary pressure shaped the speed and endurance of the Pronghorn?

I'd like to see a good Saluki on one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2LJBhxLfU

Miracinonyx wrote:

So what evolutionary pressure shaped the speed and endurance of the Pronghorn?

I'd like to see a good Saluki on one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2LJBhxLfU

Ummm... no offense but it is not necessary to know what evolutionary pressure shaped the speed and endurance of the pronghorn in order to measure the speed and endurance of the pronghorn.

It is also preferable to say "I don't know" rather than making up BS about the evolutionary pressures involved.

Miracinonyx wrote:

So what evolutionary pressure shaped the speed and endurance of the Pronghorn?

I'd like to see a good Saluki on one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2LJBhxLfU

As mentioned above it is mostly unknown. However, there was an American cheetah in North America that could have influenced the speed of the pronghorn.

Ummm... Man wrote:

Miracinonyx wrote:

So what evolutionary pressure shaped the speed and endurance of the Pronghorn?

I'd like to see a good Saluki on one.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pD2LJBhxLfU

Ummm... no offense but it is not necessary to know what evolutionary pressure shaped the speed and endurance of the pronghorn in order to measure the speed and endurance of the pronghorn.

It is also preferable to say "I don't know" rather than making up BS about the evolutionary pressures involved.

Um, Where did I say it was?

But let's use a little common sense. Every fast herbivore was chased by something at some point.

Or maybe you are one of those Creationist loons that thinks God wanted to watch the little speed goats zip around for the hell of it.