Flying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 20 days agoInstead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammothwww.discovermagazine.comexternal-linkmessage-square67fedilinkarrow-up1268arrow-down14
arrow-up1264arrow-down1external-linkInstead of Thrown, Spears Were Planted in the Ground to Kill a Charging Mammothwww.discovermagazine.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to science@lemmy.world · 20 days agomessage-square67fedilink
minus-squareRavindraNemandilinkfedilinkarrow-up3·20 days agoYou might be right, but i think it also has to do with the charging behavior of those animals. The plant a spear strat seems less effective if your prey is better able to change directions.
minus-squareTiptopit@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up2·20 days agoYes, but for prey which changes directions the tactics are not so different. You work as a group, drive them to a cliff and this is their end.
You might be right, but i think it also has to do with the charging behavior of those animals. The plant a spear strat seems less effective if your prey is better able to change directions.
Yes, but for prey which changes directions the tactics are not so different. You work as a group, drive them to a cliff and this is their end.