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  • To be able to tank venoms like the mongoose or the honey badger. To be able to rarely get sick such as sharks or bats. Thick keratin skin or shells, such as the pangolin or armadillo. Being able to survive great falls, such as most small mammals and insects. Being able to regrow limbs such as some reptiles.

    I’m not saying that humans are weak and fragile like glass. We can tank a lot of stuff. Most animals can tank a lot more.

    Our big evolution trait is massive brain, adapting to our environment, and language. Aside from our nutty long distance stamina, and being able to throw, our bodies are NOT what makes us ‘superior’.


  • The OP kinda used bad faith arguments, so everyone is pointing out ways that humans excel. They have a good point however. Humans are not superior. We are not the best species. Just about every animal, insect, or parasite can kill us or seriously harm us. Our bodies are not resilient, and have about a thousand built in flaws. Our ‘intelligence’ just creates new dangers that kill us.

    Humans are great in many ways, but we do not sit at the top of everything. We are great at what we do and that’s it.

    Edit: A lot of people aren’t too happy with me talking about the human race in the light I did. The point of the comment was not to say humans are trash and weak. It’s to say that we excel at many things, but we are still way behind other animals in many other ways. There is no one species that is the best. They all excel in many different and special ways. We aren’t the best species.