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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An element that comes into factor is that when an animal goes into attack mode or defense mode, 100% of its energies, focus, and attention are on THAT exact moment and action. Animals don’t have the element of distraction that takes away some of our power/strength. We have so many distractions and so much in our minds at any given time we’re never absolutely committing every part of ourselves to a specific activity. When a chimp says it’s go time, he’s not thinking about taxes or if he’ll get arrested by the cops after he rips a human’s face off. He’s only thinking about how he’s feeling and what to do about it.
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