Just gonna leave this here:

Chimps are way smaller but outperform humans by 1.5 which means that maybe 18 isn't enough. Wonder if there's any study that takes into account adrenaline rush...

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It's 1.5 on a mass basis. A big chimp is only 150 lbs, so would have the strength of a muscular 225 lb man. Really strong humans (18) are likely around Lou Ferrigno size, close to 300 lbs.

Quote from: JeremyR on August 13, 2024, 01:23:20 AMIt's 1.5 on a mass basis. A big chimp is only 150 lbs, so would have the strength of a muscular 225 lb man. Really strong humans (18) are likely around Lou Ferrigno size, close to 300 lbs.

  So this is likely not a very accurate presentation of how strong a chimp really is.  I knew a guy years ago (he was big, 6'2" 235lbs, strong (bench press 405), Trained (he was a purple belt in BJJ in the late 90's, and competed in MMA) and he had an interesting story about wrestling around with a chimp.  He had a friend who had an extremely docile female chimp he had trained and "tamed" (as tame as a chimp can get I guess) and he proposed he try wrestling around with her.  The guy said the strength of the thing (memory fails me here, but I think he said she was around 80 pounds, certainly no more than 100) was something he had never felt (and this is a guy who had been on a mat with 300 pound muscular men) in his entire life.  He said it grabbed him by his left wrist and right ankle, lifted him off the ground and was walking around with him like he was a stuffed animal.  He could not break the grip...he said he couldnt even make her arm move trying to pull his arm and leg away from it. 

   So I think the 1.5 thing by BW might be a gross underrepresentation of their physical strength when it comes to lifting/pulling/tearing things.  Their tendon inserts are for maximum force and considerably lower dexterity and fine motor skills.   I think testing them on their real strength is hard to do.