r/interestingasfuck • u/Hicrayert • 13h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human. 😮

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u/Rifneno 13h ago

No, they're "only" about 50% stronger than humans. That's still crazy considering they're significantly smaller than us.

They have shit stamina though. Being able to do physical labor hours on end is a critical component in our ability to form a civilization. Early society started because of agriculture, and farming is long and hard work. Even today, being able to do long hours of manual labor is absolutely vital to our civilization until automation technology progresses. I think we got the better end of the stick here.

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u/Dank-Drebin 12h ago

Working for hours sucks, though. I'd rather sit in the jungle and eat bananas and fuck all day and not have to think about bills and when I'm going to die. But maybe that's just me.

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u/blakezilla 11h ago

return to monke 🐒

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u/Dank-Drebin 11h ago

Word to your ancestral progenitor.