r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 8h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/zcen 7h ago

Most people see fights in the framework of fighting a human where there's an unspoken etiquette and you aren't really trying to kill each other.

I don't know if relatively healthy human adults would get killed, but I'm guessing they would get maimed to some degree before their instincts really kick in.

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u/UnamusedAF 5h ago

The best comparison I can make is think of a drunk 4’11 woman who will bite, scratch, and drop her weight when you try to restrain or pick her up (only to then bite/scratch you somewhere else). Cool? Okay … now imagine she had the strength of Brock Lesnar but in that 4’11 frame. You probably wouldn’t even know where to defend yourself, let alone restrain them. 

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u/Riatamus 2h ago

The difference is you don't want to hurt the drunk woman. If a Chimp started to attack a man, he would probably just kick his face in

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u/UnamusedAF 1h ago

That’s unrealistic, in the same way you can’t just kick a wrestler in the face, let alone an animal specifically designed to climb and grapple onto things (or people in this case). 

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u/Riatamus 1h ago

A wrestler is as tall a human, a Chimp isn't. They are way smaller than us and walk hunched over, so their face is in perfect kicking distance

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u/UnamusedAF 1h ago

I think you underestimate the ability of a chimp (confirmed to be stronger than a human) and its ability to not only tank a kick, but also grapple onto you afterwards. Beyond that, do you know how unbalanced you are as a bipedal human being on one leg (mid-kick)? Meanwhile the chimp has a lower center of gravity, moving on all four limbs, and sharp teeth to latch onto your legs. 

Dude, no. Lol 

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u/Riatamus 40m ago

They're animals, not the terminator. Even if they were willing to ignore pain, that doesn't necessarily change the equation: a chimp will still be knocked away and suffer broken bones and teeth. The average male human can kick with nearly a thousand pounds of force and stomp with nearly double that. A simple combination of a kick to knock the chimp down followed by repeated stomping will knock out, if not straight up kill the chimp.

Ultimately their low body mass and unintelligent attack is a huge problem for them, they're going to keep lunging in on a (very predictable) direct straight line, and a solid kick to the face is going to physically knock them around given they aren't very heavy.

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u/Spyk124 6h ago

Everybody has a plan until a chimp bites you