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the original supermarket, where the checkout line is whoever runs slowest.

means The act of pursuing and killing wild animals for food, sport, or population control, or more loosely the act of searching intently for anything.

from From Old English 'huntian,' to chase game, rooted in a Germanic family of words clustered around seizing and grasping — a likely cousin of 'hand' and the notion of laying hold of something. The sense widened over centuries from chasing deer through the forest to hunting for keys, bargains, and the right word.

persistence trick
early humans simply outwalked prey until it overheated
funds wildlife
hunting licenses bankroll most US conservation programs
ancient resume
spears date back over 400,000 years
failure rate
wolves miss roughly 80 percent of hunts
silent partner
falconry pairs predator and human as hunting teammates
for instance

fox hunting — traditional british sport using packs of hounds to chase foxes across countryside, banned in england and wales in 2004

whaling — commercial hunting of whales, japan and norway still conduct annual hunts despite international moratorium since 1986

deer hunting — annual regulated hunting season in north america, u.s. estimates 10+ million deer hunters participate yearly

duck hunting — seasonal waterfowl hunting across north america, regulated by specific dates and bag limits per species

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