how do animals that don’t have a heavy meat diet synthesize so much muscle mass?

Question

I’ve been watching Chimp Empire and the thought occurred that these chimp dudes don’t really eat much protein outside of like an occasional monkey. Even gorillas are also mostly eating plants from my understanding. How do these animals get so beefed meanwhile the average human bodybuilder has to eat a ridiculous amount of protein per day to bulk and put on muscle mass?

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Answer 1

I’m not 100% sure but
Proteins are made of amino acids. There are 20 amino acids, and animals (and humans) can produce some or all of them. Humans can produce 11 out of those 20, and need the other 9 to make protein. Other animals may be able to create all 20 amino acids, so they can make protein.