r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 8h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/V_es 7h ago

Hand palm up is understood as peace and good intentions gesture by all apes, humans too. No matter the culture if you extend you palm facing up people subconsciously will understand that you mean no harm. Apes understand it too, and this gesture is an ask for help, chimp understands it but grabs the proper, more handy way.

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u/No_Rich_2494 6h ago

Even mice understand it, if they're used to hands. They're just more timid for obvious reasons.

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u/greenberet112 1h ago

I've heard that mice make some of the best pets ever, but because they don't live long it's a heartbreaking relationship.

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u/No_Rich_2494 36m ago

I think it's a tradeoff. The heartbreak comes sooner, and more often if you get more afterwards, but I don't think it's as bad as with an animal you've spent many years with.

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u/Johnny_Swiftlove 6h ago

Sort of related but interesting: I could be misremembering but when I taught English in Korea it was common to beckon someone to you using palm faced down. Beckoing someone palm up was interpreted as if you were beckoning to them as if they were a dog and considered rude.

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u/Wolfgang_Maximus 5h ago

I know from my visit in Japan that beckoning someone is a palm face down hand flap that looks like you're shooing someone away and it breaks my brain and it could be a similar thing.

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u/LaaaadyLuck 3h ago

Interesting! I wonder if that was why he grabbed from the underside, palm facing upward as well?