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By Thompson_NCL
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What worries me most about this thread is some of you thought it was meant to be authentic.

"Yeah that looks fake to me" - It's an APE with an ASSAULT RIFLE, of course it's fuckin' fake :lol:
By Chill
#13755607
Potemkin wrote:Chimps are enormously strong (about six or seven times stronger than an average human)

Source?
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By Potemkin
#13755609
For example: JSTOR link
By Wolfman
#13755905
It's fairly common knowledge that other primates have a higher weight to strength ratio.
By Chill
#13755915
Wolfman wrote:It's fairly common knowledge that other primates have a higher weight to strength ratio.

You mean weight to strength ratio or strength to weight ratio? :eh:
By grassroots1
#13755916
I'm amazed there's not a real youtube video of a chimp with a gun. I can't find one, at least.
By Wolfman
#13755929
You mean weight to strength ratio or strength to weight ratio?


Weight to Strength. If you weigh 230lbs and can squat 200lbs, it's not as impressive a guy who weighs 150 and can squat 150.
By Chill
#13755932
So you mean a chimp weigh 50lbs and can squat only 25 lbs and a human weigh 150 lbs and can squat 150 lbs, thus the conclusion that a chimp has a higher weight to strength ratio (two) than a human being (only one)? And the higher the ratio, the less impressive?
I'm just not sure whether you are for or against Potemkin's comment.
By Wolfman
#13755960
So you mean a chimp weigh 50lbs and can squat only 25 lbs and a human weigh 150 lbs and can squat 150 lbs, thus the conclusion that a chimp has a higher weight to strength ratio (two) than a human being (only one)? And the higher the ratio, the less impressive?


Other way around. A chimp can lift more of it's body weight than a human can. The chimp in the example you gave would have a Strength to Weight Ratio of 0.5, because your weight 1, and less than that is less than 1.
By Chill
#13755963
Is weight to strength ratio 'weight/strength' or 'strength/weight'?
By Wolfman
#13755966
"Weight/Strength". The concept is borrowed from Physics where it's more generally called "Specific Strength" and the SI Unit is [(N/m2)/(kg/m3)] or more commonly [N·m/kg]
By Chill
#13755968
Wolfman wrote:"Weight/Strength"

Then why the higher the ratio, the more impressive??? You weigh 100 lbs and you can lift up nothing then the ratio is infinity. That's indeed impressive...
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By Potemkin
#13756139
Chill is being pedantic, but she is technically correct, Wolfman. Your maths is a bit wonky. Fundamentally, however, you are correct and she is incorrect - chimps are indeed many times stronger than an adult human, both absolutely and relative to body weight.
By Chill
#13756215
Potemkin wrote:Chill is being pedantic

:knife:
From a guy who has a Physics master's degree? :eek:
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By Potemkin
#13756217
:knife:
From a guy who has a Physics master's degree? :eek:

There is a difference between being knowledgeable and being pedantic, Chill. *gives a smug little smirk* :)
By Chill
#13756228
I tend to be rigorous all the time. It's just a professional habit. 8)
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By Potemkin
#13756242
"Weight/Strength". The concept is borrowed from Physics where it's more generally called "Specific Strength" and the SI Unit is [(N/m2)/(kg/m3)] or more commonly [N·m/kg]

Speaking of being rigorous, the dimensionality of this ratio means that it must be "Strength/Weight" rather than "Weight/Strength". Told you your maths was wonky, Wolfman. ;)
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By Thunderhawk
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Quick Googling puts a male chimp at 40-60 kg. That is heavier then most child soldiers, and they aren't known for AK-47 recoil knocking them down.
By Chill
#13756418
Potemkin wrote:Fundamentally, however, you are correct and she is incorrect - chimps are indeed many times stronger than an adult human, both absolutely and relative to body weight.

To continue being rigorous, why am I incorrect? Where did I say humans are stronger than chimps? I simply asked you to provide a source :eh:

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