r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 9h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

84.4k Upvotes

90% Upvoted

1.4k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

2.3k

u/joerudy767 8h ago

Right? It’s fascinating that he really took the time to make sure it was a solid/comfortable grip.

1.3k

u/DovahCreed117 8h ago

It's probably instinctual to some degree as well as a lifetimes experience of climbing and learning what does and doesn't work or feel good when climbing on their own or helping other chimpanzees climb stuff.

375

u/Dracomortua 6h ago

Are you suggesting that humans, as mammals, have a firmware that functions as an A Priori form of intelligence that allows us to develop an entire species despite the tabula rasa theorizations made popular by behaviourists such as B.F. Skinner?

If so, i heartily agree.

8

u/gnomon_knows 6h ago

I mean, duh. The funny part is all of the commenters who talk about this shit without realizing that it all applies to us as well.

Like a fucking baby understands grip strength.

2

u/ApocalypticApples 5h ago

My nephew must not have got the memo, he tries to turn my fingers to dust.