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The Secret Reason Horses Let Us Ride Them

CGP Grey · explainer · Watch on YouTube

Animals & natureEvolution & genetics

What it is

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 Hacker News recommends it

HN recommends it as a classic on why some animals are suited to farming and domestication and others are not.

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 3 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2018, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “CGP grey has a great video based on that book”

    Follow-up on animal domestication

    emj, 2018-03 · Recommendation · in “Network of fortified towns indicates Amazon was once heavily populated”

  2. “A classic”

    Classic on why we eat cows not tigers

    oblio, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “Beyond Meat Is Struggling, and the Plant-Based Meat Industry Worries”

  3. “CGP Grey has a great video [0] that goes into why some animals are better to farm/breed/eat than others.”

    Why some animals are better to farm than others

    bizzletk, 2023-09 · Recommendation · in “Digging In: Why Don’t Americans Eat Mutton?”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: domestication, horses, history, cgp grey, animals

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