eli5 why chimps are able to easily rip off human arms and faces, despite only being around 1.5 times the strength of an average human

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eli5 why chimps are able to easily rip off human arms and faces, despite only being around 1.5 times the strength of an average human

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It takes almost no force for you to do incredibly awful stuff to a human. Self defense courses used to say that 5-ish pounds of force can tear off an ear or lip and like 15 can split your arm in half length-wise, etc. No clue how much of that is precise, but it’s definitely close.

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