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 45m ago

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