persistence hunting
persistence hunting noun: a type of hunting where the predator uses a combination of running and tracking to pursue the prey to exhaustion.
Noun
persistence hunting (uncountable)
- A type of hunting where the predator uses a combination of running and tracking to pursue the prey to exhaustion.
- Lieberman believes they ran their prey to death, often called “persistence hunting.”2009 March 18, Maywa Montenegro, “The Running Man, Revisited”, in Seed, archived from the original on 23 Mar 2009
- Supplied with water, any good marathoner probably has the endurance to chase down a zebra, antelope, or steenbok. However, there's more to persistence hunting than endurance, a lot more.2016, Joseph Henrich, chapter 5, in The Secret of Our Success […] , Princeton: Princeton University Press, →ISBN
- Synonyms:
- endurance hunting
Synonyms of persistence hunting
- endurance hunting
Questions about persistence hunting
- What does persistence hunting mean?
- Persistence hunting means a type of hunting where the predator uses a combination of running and tracking to pursue the prey to exhaustion.
- What part of speech is persistence hunting?
- Persistence hunting is a noun.
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