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?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Gorillas are smart but they still mostly have to survive on their strength. As a result, a gorilla’s biology converts its diet into lots of muscle, even though the gorilla only eats shoots and leaves.

A human on the other hand does not need to survive so much on its strength. As humans our biology has evolved to convert our diet into brain development, so that we can imagine, develop, and master the use of tools and weapons. Thus, unlike a gorilla, a human eats, shoots, and leaves.