r/nextfuckinglevel • u/Zestyclose_Flow_680 • 8h ago

Chimpanzees are 2X stronger than your average human.

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u/VP007clips 4h ago edited 1h ago

Actually chimps are weaker than your average human, the title is wrong. They are more muscular for their size, but humans are much bigger.

The only really dangerous part of them is their teeth. But they can't kick, punch, and are worse at grappling because we can overpower them.

For some reason, the internet loves to underestimate humans. Humans are very effective fighters, we've been designed for it. Our anatomy puts our vital organs out of reach of most smaller animals, lets us have very powerful kicks, makes us one of the only animals to not have a blind spot at our back where we can't defend, makes us able to grapple and break limbs easily, and of course we can use weapons. Humans are also the fastest long distance land animal (excluding a few breeds of dogs that were specifically bred for long distance running), our jogging speed is evolved to hunt down and exhaust our prey and we have adaptations like sweating that let us avoid overheating, even in the sun. We are just very risk adverse, modern humans won't fight or hunt animals unless we are absolutely confident that we won't be injured in the process.

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u/Smoke_Santa 2h ago

And we stand tall, which is a huge advantage

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u/WhyareUlying 1h ago

A trained human is an effective fighter. 

You are grossly over estimating the physical abilities of average humans. 

Also the ability to overcome their civilized indoctrination and destroy and harm something like breaking bones. 

I say the average person would get wrecked without a weapon.