Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

[johnny rex]

According to https://physicalculturestudy.com/2017/07...a-gorilla/ and https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1635523/, a 135 lbs female chimp named Suzette, a former circus performer, "From a relaxed state, Suzette was credited with pulling 905 pounds and over 1260 pounds once agitated" by ‘sprang to the rope and, bracing both feet against the bars, pulled back with both hands upon the rope, making a pull on the latter that recorded 1260 lb upon the dial of the recording device’. A male chimp named Boma "Suzette’s father Boma registered one-hand pulls of 847 pounds with his right hand and 640 pounds with his left." Even football players can't do the exact feats that were done by chimps. Reply