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Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

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Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

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10-06-2019, 08:27 AM

(09-30-2019, 12:26 AM)Pckts Wrote:
(09-30-2019, 12:15 AM)Shadow Wrote:
(09-30-2019, 12:01 AM)Roberto Wrote: a silverback gorilla would be able to drag any animal a lion or tiger drags. It just does not need to.

It´s easy to claim. Can you explain how smaller animal could do the same as bigger? I am curious to see if you have anything to back up that.

A gorilla wouldn't be able to drag comparable weights as a big cat nor would a big cat be able to lift comparable weights as a gorilla. It's not a matter of strength but more so a matter of morphology.
Gorillas having long arms, huge lats and traps and short legs will be able to lift "deadlift" far more weight off the ground while big cats having flexible spines, being quadrupedal and having claws for gripping will be able to drag far more weight. 
It's like saying "a big cat cant climb as well as a great ape so that makes a great ape stronger"

There's multiple factors that go into it.

Completely agree with this. One, like humans, is more built for vertical loading while the cat is built for more horizontal loading (i.e dragging a carcass through thick jungle).
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Ape Strength - Polar - 05-31-2016, 03:34 AM
RE: Ape Strength - brotherbear - 05-31-2016, 12:41 PM
RE: Ape Strength - brotherbear - 06-01-2016, 08:22 PM
RE: Ape Strength - Polar - 06-08-2016, 02:55 AM
RE: Ape Strength - brotherbear - 06-08-2016, 11:25 AM
RE: Ape Strength - Polar - 06-08-2016, 03:04 AM
RE: Ape Strength - Polar - 07-07-2016, 03:18 AM
RE: Ape Strength - Polar - 07-12-2016, 07:03 AM
RE: Ape Strength - Polar - 07-05-2017, 07:57 AM
RE: Ape Strength - Polar - 07-05-2017, 08:03 AM
RE: Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality - Shadow - 11-22-2020, 04:13 PM
RE: Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality - Shadow - 12-10-2020, 03:37 AM
RE: Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality - Shadow - 12-10-2020, 10:43 PM
RE: Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality - Shadow - 09-08-2020, 11:07 AM
RE: Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality - Shadow - 09-08-2020, 11:23 PM
RE: Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality - Shadow - 09-09-2020, 12:17 AM
RE: Gorilla strength - myths and reality - Polar - 10-06-2019, 08:27 AM
RE: Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality - Shadow - 06-12-2020, 04:21 PM



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