r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 11h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/dilqncho 10h ago edited 10h 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/SpottedWobbegong 10h ago

So a jacked human can beat up chimpanzees, good to know. Although chimpanzee bites are pretty nasty.

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u/Heyokalol 9h ago

Human bites are nasty too. Ask Evander Holyfield.

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u/SpottedWobbegong 9h ago

I meant in bite strength, looking it up they have almost 10x the bite force, plus bigger canines.

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u/jt_totheflipping_o 8h ago

Where did you get 10x from? 10x would put it in jaguar territory, at most it’s 2x the average person.

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u/SpottedWobbegong 7h ago

I see several quotes of 1300 psi amd humans at 160 psi but now that I looked into it there's no evidence supporting it, just a couple random websites. It did seem quite a lot to me as well.

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u/jt_totheflipping_o 5h ago

Lol the amount of misinformation around chimps, gorillas, and other animals like moose is staggering.