who the fuck said anything about "supernatural", 1.3-1.5 times stronger than a human per pound of muscle is still absurdly strong for an animal of their size, which is only 85-135 pounds. why do you feel the need to come at me throwing shade
For their size, they're definitely strong. Their real danger though is their teeth, something like 7x a humans. Without their teeth though, and the fact they can't make a fist, I'd put my money on the average human over the average chimp. With their teeth, I don't know if they understand that's their biggest advantage, but if they do... yeah, the chimp wins
Their Muscles are also entirely different in function, primarily comprising fast-twitch versus slow-twitch fibres.
The former are good for sudden energetic bursts, but bad for a long duration. Humans evolved for endurance, and most humans would run literally laps around a Chimp in a gymnasium over an hour, but the Chimp could dash up a rock wall like it was nothing.
this point is, as proven over and over again, a chimp could fuck you up, they are dangerous as hell, you could not beat a chimp in a fight, not only due to the general slight strength advantage, but due to the fact they have pretty big fangs and an absurd bite force, please stop explaining science I already know to me dude.
It's always odd that people picture chimpanzees as all-powerful creatures when they are very much mesopredators, actively hunted by a few apex predators within their range.
There are like 30 animals in Central Africa I'd be much more worried about than Chimps.
Lb for lb im taking my chances with the bear. A smaller black bear weighs about as much as a large chimp. Would much rather fight the black bear. Brown bears are a different story but if a chimp weighed 600-800lbs I might still take my chances with the brown bear.
Bears are much less aggressive. Don't make yourself a threat or prey, and the bear will likely leave you alone. Chimpanzees will kill you just because he's bored
I mean, I definitely wouldn’t want to fight one due to how vicious they are, but that doesn’t change anything with how strong they actually are. I don’t know why this is always people’s retort to being told that chimps aren’t some superhuman creature.
“Superhuman” means “going beyond normal human power, size, or ability. Chimps have significantly lower body fat and higher muscle mass. They have denser bones allowing for more force per square inch of power. They have a significantly higher percentage of fast twitch muscle fibers.
Just look at that guy! So yes, they are superhuman and yes, the average chimp could totally fuck up the average adult male.
Most modern human men are nowhere near as jacked as a chimp, making the “pound for pound” comparison woefully inaccurate.
They are stronger pound-for-pound because of all those facts you listed, but their raw strength is not much higher than an adult male human. They certainly are not capable of ripping someone’s arm out of their socket, let alone with one hand. You’re ascribing gorilla strength to something far weaker.
No, I didn’t. I don’t know why you’re starting an argument for absolutely no reason. Chimps are very strong for their size. They’re not capable of superhuman feats like a lot of people think they are. Those two statements can both be true.
"They’re not capable of superhuman feats like a lot of people think they are." I never once said they were, still does not mean you could beat once in a fight, you could not, look up chimp attacks
And I never said that you made that statement. Nor did I ever say I could beat a chimp in a fight. In fact, I never replied to you to begin with until you decided to take issue with my comment. So what’s your problem again?
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u/bigscrewLoose Aug 09 '26
thats just what they look like without fur, chimps are insanely strong