Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

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(01-13-2019, 05:39 PM)brotherbear Wrote: Build the gorilla's a rope-swing from a 1000 pound truck tire and watch them play. At some point, a curious gorilla will be lifting it. 
 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJTaH1xmpvE

I would start with something lighter, 1000 pounds is quite much, about 454 kg and that is like a reasonable sized buffalo hanging from the rope.

We have to remember what 1000 pounds is, here is 500 kg, which is more, but giving some example.

Eddie Hall is there 186 kg, if I remember right. Trained hard a long long time to be able to lift more than any human before and did it. I bet, that eating something else than potatoes and meatballs too.... I just can´t see any gorilla walking there and lift 500 kg, like it would weight nothing, whatever some people say. Gorilla is just 150-200 kg too. Being stronger than strongest human doesn´t necessarily mean, that something is easy, even though it can be somewhat easier than it was here to Eddie.

it is easy to say, that 500 kg is nothing for a gorilla if not stopping for a moment and think what 500 kg really means :) Thinking some gorilla walking there and lifting that with one hand like some people say. I don´t believe in that at all. My opinion is based also to it, what can be seen with other strong animals. Reply