Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

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(12-28-2018, 07:31 AM)Pantherinae Wrote: @Shadow 
[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]No I think a chimp is more than 1,5 times stronger than a man, I have talked with people who’s been working with them and some of the things they tell me is quite impressive. I think mesuring the strength and things like that are hard to do, how do they get the animal to give 100% during the tests etc, it will always be different if the animals are forced in a natural situation and if you add explosiveness anf speed. [/font][/font]
[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]And chimps are way too explosive and fast for any human to overpower. I have seen them argue and "fight" within their group in a zoo that is a terrifying thing. And I think our thin skin would be ripped open by their canines and strong nails. [/font][/font]

[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]The man who killed a leopard with bare hands is quite understandable after you see the size of the leopard in this picture and that she was already badly injuried.

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[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]Yeah maybe the three biggest cats (lion, tiger and jaguar) are stonger pound for pound. After all I’ve seen a young male lion pull a 200-300 kg zebra like it’s an empty gym bag over the plains. And hold back a pro strong man giving his all with one claw. But a they are stronger than a leopard imo. But we will never know. [/font][/font]

[font=.SF UI Text][font=.SFUIText]But the power some animals prosesses are insane and hard to imagine. [/font][/font]

Yes that was same article about leopard and man. Some people quote that and talk about it, like this man would have killed a healthy leopard bare handed. I don´t say, that it would be totally impossible, but this leopard was wounded twice before their fight started.

Anyway it is surprisingly difficult to find something truly impressive about gorillas. Some footage prove that there is strength, but so far nothing what would make "WOW" effect when looking at performances from other animals. For instance that "famous" banana tree breaking, not bad, but I think, that any bear same size would do the same also with quite small effort. That gorilla bite that banana tree twice to weaken it and ripped shreds from it before finally breaking it and also used some body weight to help when looking that video. So it didn´t just grab it nonchalantly as some say and snapped it just like that with one hand :)

Or are there more than one banana tree video about gorilla breaking it on youtube? Reply