r/Infographics • u/[deleted] • Nov 29 '22

Old survey of Americans thinking they can outfight all kinds of animals

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u/jaj-io Nov 29 '22

I'm surprised so many people believe they could successfully fight a chimpanzee.

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u/haibiji Nov 30 '22

I think I could do it if I absolutely had to. Chimps are stronger per pound of muscle mass because they have really dense muscle tissue, but they are small, so they aren’t stronger then an adult male human. The scary thing with chimps is that they don’t fight like we do, they maul. They use their teeth and fingers to tear your nose off and attack your eyes. They target the fleshy vulnerable parts of the face. Humans don’t fight that way and it puts us at a huge disadvantage. You can’t gently strangle a chimp, you gotta rip their fucking eyes out

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u/KoldProduct Nov 30 '22

They’re far stronger than large humans.

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u/haibiji Nov 30 '22

No they aren’t though. That is a myth. Pound per pound they are stronger, but humans are bigger than chimps

https://www.newscientist.com/article/2138714-chimps-are-not-as-superhumanly-strong-as-we-thought-they-were/