THE VIDEO SHELF · animal domestication
The Secret Reason Horses Let Us Ride Them
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 HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as a classic on why some animals are suited to farming and domestication and others are not.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- CGP Grey
- Topic
- animal domestication
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 3
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2018–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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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 [VIDEO]
emj on Hacker News · 2018-03
In Network of fortified towns indicates Amazon was once heavily populatedA classic: [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 …
oblio on Hacker News · 2022-11
In Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry WorriesCGP 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] [VIDEO]
bizzletk on Hacker News · 2023-09
In Digging In: Why Don’t Americans Eat Mutton?
Summaries, classifications and recommendation records are from the HackerTube source dataset. Read about this library and its limitations.