• EstraDoll [she/her, he/him]@hexbear.net
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    4 days ago

    this debate would be a lot more fun after 2 beers. pretend i’m sitting next to two empty pint glasses here

    I don’t think the comparison to a child is that bad. The muscle strength estimate is incomparable too, the general estimate for how much a Silverback can bench is 1800lbs. They’re THAT fucking strong. The average bench for a man is like 160-210lbs.

    fuckin train me a gorilla that can bench press a motorcycle and prove it then

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      4 days ago

      fuckin train me a gorilla that can bench press a motorcycle and prove it then

      I’m surprised no zoos have put a rudimentary pulldown machine in with them. Eventually a gorilla’s gonna use the pulldown mechanism and you’d get an idea of what they can pull from that. Can’t find video though.

      There’s a few videos of them climbing and flipping their body around like it’s nothing though, and that’s 450lbs of weight they just carry and flip around from branch to branch on a single arm like nothing. https://youtu.be/JaZ6-2X406k