As I understand it, apes are able to activate far more muscle fibers at once, something like 5 times the number a human can do, and this is what gives them their massive strength. The thing is, a very strong human, like a powerlifter, and plowing out their muscles, tendons and ligaments once they get past a certain point. And they are not activating any more muscles fibers than the next guy. How is it a chimp can do these powerful things and not end up in the waiting room of their orthopedic surgeon? I can understand if their parts were even twice as tough as a humans, but 5 times?
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They almost certainly do, but they also probably(in they wild) die from the injury. An injury serious enough that it renders a limb unusable for a human is a moderate inconvenience. But modern society has you covered, you’ll have time to heal up without starving to death. An ape in the wild has no such safety net. If they lose functionality of a limb, especially a leg, there is a good chance they will simply die because they can’t get food, move with the group, or escape predators.
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