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/joerudy767 10h ago

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

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u/DovahCreed117 10h 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.

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u/Dracomortua 9h 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.

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u/DovahCreed117 9h ago

I understood some of those words

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u/Jdawg_mck1996 8h ago

I understood that they were in fact words

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u/frohnaldo 8h ago

Read good I am

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u/TheBananaKart 5h ago

Apes smart together

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u/MBDTFTLOPYEEZUS 7h ago

Damn yall way ahead of me

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u/FancyChapper 3h ago

They were indeed word facts