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I've heard that humans are different, pound for pound our muscles are 1/10 as strong as any other mammals.

Has anyone else hear this? I haven't been able to find a source.

[Ichneumon]

I've heard that humans are different, pound for pound our muscles are 1/10 as strong as any other mammals. Has anyone else hear this? I haven't been able to find a source.

I'm not sure it's because "our muscles" aren't as strong, but it's true that overall we're not nearly as strong as other primates our size. A 200-pound chimpanzee is *far* stronger than a 200-pound human. Part of it is that the chimp's muscles attach farther from the joints than ours do, making for more muscle leverage.

I can't find a reference to it at the moment, but I once read of a zoo that had a bar in their chimp cage attached to a spring scale, to measure the chimp's strength. One day one of the chimps got especially ticked off and with one hand yanked the handle to a pull of nearly 1000 pounds.

[Gilbo_3]

My bet would be well less than a tenth as strong. and they dont have the taboo fears of breaking or biting anything that will disable their adversary.

I'm in reasonably good shape, but i bet i couldnt 'swing around' with a chimp in the playground for 1/10 th the time...

[TASMANIANRED]

Strength could be part of the problem , the other parts were pure savagery and agility.

Humans fighting each other generally do not chew each other's genitalia off , nor do they rip each other's faces off.

Between the 2 chimps an old man was attacked by 8 hands and 2 pair of vicious chompers.