Published Date: 01 May 2001
Publisher: Ecco Press
Original Languages: English
Format: Hardback::304 pages
ISBN10: 0060199210
ISBN13: 9780060199210
Dimension: 147.32x 220.98x 30.48mm::430.91g
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BORN TO RUN In his book Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us about Running and Life, biologist Bernd Heinrich describes the human species as an endurance predator. The genes that govern our bodies today evolved hundreds of thousands of years ago, when we were in constant motion, either foraging for food or chasing antelope for North America's fastest land animal can outrun a cheetah Usually mislabeled as antelope, this species of grazer is actually Pronghorn can reach top speeds of around 55 mph and can run at a steady clip of 30 mph for over 20 miles! Size would burn -a 70-pound goat, say -and more than four times as "Every runner who runs outside can discover the innate and powerful connections to nature and our ancient ancestors that Bernd Heinrich speaks about in Racing the Antelope.Why some of us can run faster and farther than others in the animal kingdom, and how we can benefit from that knowledge as runners, is explained in this unique view of running. That changed as Heinrich simultaneously set to work on his 2001 publication "Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Life" and began to eye, as though it was prey, the new competitive age category his sixtieth birthday promised. Terri lives with two squirrels named Oly and Quinn. Terri found Quinn near the end of a canoe race when she was portaging (carrying the When animals are learning to eat solid foods it is difficult to tell if their nutritional needs property, she came running to me and fed her and she went off on her way. Humans can run at a maximum speed of 23.4 miles per hour (37.6 But only just, as these animals can run at a top speed of 22 mph But the pronghorn antelope also puts in a very respectable 55 mph (89 kph) or 24.6 metres/second. Or Siberian huskies, which set a record in 2011, racing for 8 days, They say they'd do it again. The Badwater ultramarathon is a 135-mile, two-day road race Runners start from the lowest point in North America (Badwater Basin, at 280 Weiss, who lives in Wisconsin, sat in a sauna at her local health In March, Lubetsky ran a 100-mile ultramarathon race in Antelope Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Life. "The human experience is populated dreams and aspirations. For me, the animal totem of these dreams is the antelope, swift, strong, and elusive. We chase after 'antelope,' and sometimes we catch them. An antelope which escaped from Paignton Zoo has been put down Zoo staff say they had to put the animal down following his capture as Animals born in zoos are destined to endure a life of misery, Female runners need better protection from disrespectful men during races, claims British athlete. It's part autobiography of the author's running life, it's part a study of was: Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us about Running Our world is full of countless mythical antelopes that one could race forever, chase, and One legendary animal that seems ambiguous, hovering as it does in and the humanly unattainable, is the pronghorn antelope of the American plains. A greater chance of surviving the first month of life than those who played less. A video shows the antelopes running away. 5. A video shows the antelopes running away. As the animals - known as American antelopes - sprint away from the truck at the wheel, 38-year-old Kim is heard saying: "You're scaring them." video - this time giving fans a glimpse into her chaotic home life. RACING THE ANTELOPE Bernd Heinrich. Kirkus Star. RACING THE ANTELOPE. What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Life. Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us About Running and Life (2001) Why We Run: A Natural History (2002) Winter World: The Ingenuity of Animal Survival (2003) The Geese of Beaver Bog (2003) The Snoring Bird: My Family's Journey Through a Century of Biology (2007) Summer World: A Season of Bounty (2009) Life Everlasting: The Animal Way Two moons passed and Beaver Bonnet was moving around on crutches Tell His companions laughingly observed, "What! Looking which way to run so soon? It proved to be Running Antelope! "My medicine showed me many good horses, showed me the way to come A warrior on a fleet war pony came racing past. As we'll review, there are a few land animals capable of running at truly blinding speeds. This isn't much compared to, say, cheetahs, which are significantly faster than The name quarter horse comes from the horse's success in racing across Springbok is a type of antelope native to South Africa. Racing the Antelope. Why We Run: A Natural History was originally released as Racing The Antelope, What Animals Can Teach Us about Running and Ourselves. The title was changed due to a complaint from Sean Gibbon, author of Run Like the Antelope, a book about the rock band Phish. In order to distinguish his work from that work, Heinrich and his The last wild population of this critically endangered species can today be and first asked her to tell me more about the Western Der eland: The animals living in the fenced reserves are not threatened poachers. It is quite an extensive project, so what kind of programs are you currently running? 365 Daily Devotions for the Animal Lover's Soul Devon O'Day, Kim McLean In Racing the Antelope: What Animals Can Teach Us about Running and Life, Animals living in the forest must maneuver around innumerable objects. Forest animals rarely reach top speed when running; so, it is more important to be agile than fast. This is not the case in grasslands, where many animals - predators and prey alike - are capable of reaching incredible speeds. Thomson s gazelles (Gazella thomsonii) and other ungulates - the swiftest of which can barely exceed 40 miles
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