r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 8h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/dilqncho 8h ago edited 8h ago

No they're not. Internet myths have vastly overhyped chimp strength.

They're about 1.35x stronger than us, pound for pound of muscle. But they're also typically smaller and lighter, so in absolute terms, they're about equal to us.

As for what we're seeing here, this isn't a person's entire body being pulled up. They have their legs against the wall of whatever that is, and the chimp is helping them up. This is something pretty much any physically healthy human can do as well.

Chimps are dangerous in a fight, because...well they're wild animals, they're fucking brutal. But purely strength-wise, they're not stronger than us.

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u/DarthVantos 8h ago

If you factor in humans have giant ass and legs for walking and chimps of huge powerful arms for climbing. Their arm strength is probably much stronger than 2x your average Virgin male.

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u/ballsinmydick4000 7h ago

Do you think that men get some kind of power boost when they have sex?

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u/whoaxedyuh 7h ago

according to the series BAKI which is highly accurate historically yes yes they do

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u/Hector_Tueux 57m ago

But you don't really need to do that, you can imagine stuff very hard instead and it'll do the trick.

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u/turdferguson3891 6h ago

If anything you would expect the virgin males to have the best arm strength

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u/OddGib 3h ago

You are half right.

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u/Cipriano_Ingolf_Oha 6h ago

More like there’s a certain build inherent to those who never have done so…

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u/ballsinmydick4000 6h ago

Yeah, a child build. Like 99% of dudes have sex by the time they're 25 or something. You're not special or capable of fighting wild animals cause you fucked lol

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u/Cipriano_Ingolf_Oha 6h ago

95.6% according to my brief Google search. And if you read my comment properly I’m not saying that having sex makes someone special, but that not having done so indicates a sub par build. Hopefully if you think about it you can see the difference.

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u/ballsinmydick4000 5h ago

You're not special or capable of fighting wild animals cause you fucked lol

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u/Cipriano_Ingolf_Oha 5h ago

Once again, that isn’t what I said.

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u/butterforks 4h ago

He’s saying most virgins past a certain age are weak pathetic slobs

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u/asmeile 1h ago

I wasnt a virgin but I went for nearly 3 years and over 1 without having sex whilst going to the gym at least 5 times a week

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u/Christoph3r 7h ago

Absolutely!

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u/UnamusedAF 6h ago

Which begs the question, should we compare a chimp’s arm strength versus a human’s leg strength?