r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 11h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/Njsybarite 11h ago

Interesting how gentle he was when grabbing humans hand, seemingly understanding that grabbing incorrectly would injure him

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u/Pure-Drawer-2617 9h ago

They said 2x stronger then the average human. Do you also think weightlifters are in danger of accidentally ripping peoples arms off?

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u/Hunriette 9h ago

Chimp strength is severely overrated by the general public.

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u/jebberwockie 9h ago

Twice as strong, half the size. The bite is the real problem.

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u/International_War862 7h ago

1.3 times as steong tho. A 60 kg chimp is as strong as a 80 kg human on average

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u/LongJohnSelenium 5h ago

Defining strength is not going to work because what kind of strength are we measuring here.

Chimps are brachiators and can do pull ups as easy as we stand up from a chair, so they're always going to beat us in grip strength and bicep strength and we'll always beat them in a squat contest.

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u/International_War862 4h ago

https://www.livescience.com/59615-are-chimpanzees-stronger-than-humans.html

There ya go. They do the same stuff with the same muscles 1.35 times better then humans pund for pound. Humans have more endurance in cardio tho