Bear Strength

[Pckts]

(05-31-2016, 12:51 AM)Polar Wrote:

(05-31-2016, 12:27 AM)Pckts Wrote: Nice study, I'd like to see a similar test administered to gorilla grip and pulling strength and a big cats pulling strength.

I'll try and look for studies of the two, but for some reason, though, the internet is lacking in studies relating to gorillas. Big cats can be an easier find, though.

I also have quite a few personal experiences with bears (mainly polar bears during my Polar Bear International trips.)

By the way, were you surprised that a 80-kg bear can pull 1720-kg? I always thought it would only pull up to 600-800 kg according to brotherbear's accounts.

Even I underestimate the physicality of animals by quite a bit.

The pull test showed that both bears needed to exert full force or almost full force to pull that weight and did fairly close to each others time. I have seen my coach pull massive trucks, so I'm a bit jaded there. What I am surprised about is the deadlift weight of 387 kg for a bear weighing 85kg and he did it with ease and could of doubled or tripled that weight. We have a 125lber (maybe smaller) and he pulls around 525 on the dl... Or about 54kg to pull 240kg. So very close to the Bears pull, the difference is that is his max while the bear could of possibly doubled or tripled that. So it is safe to say that these two bears are at least double the strength of an equal sized professional power lifter or roughly triple the strength of a comparable male human. Reply