eli5: How come gorillas are so muscular without working out and on a diet of mostly leaves and fruits?

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eli5: How come gorillas are so muscular without working out and on a diet of mostly leaves and fruits?

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How did they get enough calories to build those muscles? By spending half of their waking hours eating leaves and fruit, far more than a human spends eating.

How did those calories all get directed to muscle growth? Genetics.

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