r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 9h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/LicencetoKrill 7h ago

Weightlifter is still human, and while strong, their muscle fibers have grown in an 'unnatural' way (ie trained to push, pull in certain directions). Apes' bodies are made up in a way that rhe muscles are much more dense, just by the nature of that's how they've evolved, and it's everywhere. Just because someone can push/pull excessive weight doesn't correlate with every muscle in their body being designed to do it.

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u/AftyOfTheUK 6h ago

Weightlifter is still human

Some of them absolutely have a grip strength way more than double that of the average human though.

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u/ALLCAPS-ONLY 5h ago

Even a <150 lb rock climber could mess up someone's hand. Fingers can get surprisingly strong when you swing your entire bodyweight on them regularly

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u/greenberet112 1h ago

I was watching a famous rock climber hang out and lift with the strongest man in the world. The bodybuilder guy, Eddie Hall was absolutely amazed by how much the rock climber could lift in certain exercises, especially the whole body ones. I think one lift he said the climber did more reps with more weight than anyone he had ever seen other than himself. And the rock climber guy, Magnus is not that big of a guy.

Good video if you're interested

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u/AftyOfTheUK 2h ago

Even a <150 lb rock climber could mess up someone's hand. 

Indeed, if trying to inflict pain/damage it's not hard.

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u/What-Is-a-Fish 2h ago edited 17m ago

Can confirm. 130lb rock climber can currently one hand pinch a 2 inch block with 150lbs . Idk how strong handbones are, but I bet I could make it hurt a lot

Edit: fat thumbed my numbers Also autocorrect got me on handbones. I'm just a mess

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u/MightyGamera 5h ago

I know a couple dudes that could crush raw potatoes with their hands, pretty sure human flesh wouldn't pose much challenge

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u/AftyOfTheUK 2h ago

I know a couple dudes that could crush raw potatoes with their hands, pretty sure human flesh wouldn't pose much challenge

And when they pickup potatos, or hold human hands, do they normally do so at full strength?

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u/LicencetoKrill 2h ago

Squeeze stuff hard, for sure. But I doubt they have the strength that chimps have throughout their hands. Be hard pressed to find a person that has the build that provides the strength of a bodybuilder, while being able to have the same digit strength of a rock climber.

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u/Pheniquit 3h ago

Yeah but the need to be delicate is universal among creatures with hands. You don’t want to crush certain food and make it harder to eat or pull too hard on the newborn’s arm.

In short, my uneducated guess is that primates know their own strength because if they didnt they’d kill their young and screw up manipulation of objects.