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Why are chimps so much stronger than humans?

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I read about that womans face being torn off and her hands bitten off by a 200 pound chimp and thought wow... thats movie stuff, never thought a chimp could do that. To be fair thats pretty heavy for a chimp theyre usually between 90-150lbs.

Anyways i also read that apparently a 100lb chimp would beat the crap out of any human (not just the average human, tough well built humans) in a strength contest or a fight. Why though? I read about the MYH16 gene and how both humans and chimps have it but its defective in all humans but works for primates giving them super strong jaws, but it dosent account for the rest of their body, or to my knowledge it dosent.

So what gives them super strength? They get more excercise? Denser muscles or somthing? Is it MYH16 related? What gives? Or is it all just a myth and theyre not really like 5-7 times stronger.
 
Originally posted by: lizardth
Chimps arms a built differently than ours and they have better arm leverage than us.
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Not to mention they walk on them so that's going to build up a ton of muscle in their back, abdomen, shoulders, arms, etc. The whole upper torso will be immensely more strong just because they walk with it.
 
I think it's partly because they live in trees their biceps are much more developed and stronger than human that walk upright have their legs being much stronger than hands.
 
Wow...

At the time of the 2003 incident, police said the Herolds told them the chimpanzee was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass.

He also brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control.

Other then the whole face mauling thing, this chimp was awesome!
 
Originally posted by: 40Hands
Wow...

At the time of the 2003 incident, police said the Herolds told them the chimpanzee was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass.

He also brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control.

Other then the whole face mauling thing, this chimp was awesome!
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Sounds like the Chimp got frustrated and bored.

 
Woman is lucky not only to be alive at all, but for the chimp not to have gone after her genitals. Primates know how to hit you where it counts.
 
I could be completely wrong on this, but I remember hearing something about how their muscles were attached to their bones, and where they were attached was part of it. Our muscles are attached closer to the ends of our bones, so we get less leverage but more movement for the amount of muscle contraction. They would have the opposite, more leverage from where their muscles attach to the bone. This is something I recall hearing, so it could be wrong.

I was reading an article on the web, it said that chimps bones are much more dense than ours, thus stronger as well. They are so much more dense that chimps would sink in water.
 
Originally posted by: Mr Pickles
Because we sit at keyboards and type while they swing from trees and shit. This isn't hard to deduce...
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Seriously. The fittest human being in the world still loafs around much more than the average chimp.
 
Humans are one of the weakest mammals, with very, very little natural defenses. Our only advantage vs. nature is our brains and sometimes that's pathetic.
 
Originally posted by: SlowSpyder
I could be completely wrong on this, but I remember hearing something about how their muscles were attached to their bones, and where they were attached was part of it. Our muscles are attached closer to the ends of our bones, so we get less leverage but more movement for the amount of muscle contraction. They would have the opposite, more leverage from where their muscles attach to the bone. This is something I recall hearing, so it could be wrong.

I was reading an article on the web, it said that chimps bones are much more dense than ours, thus stronger as well. They are so much more dense that chimps would sink in water.
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I've heard this along with our human brains possibly limiting us in everyday life. There are numerous accounts of people having "superhuman strength" when their life (or the lives of others) are threatened. In these situations, we are capable of feats of strength that far surpass our everyday abilities, even when we're trying our best. (Lifting a car, moving a boulder, etc.)

 
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