Why do humans need to eat ridiculous amounts of food to build muscle, but Gorillas are way stronger by only eating grass and fruits?

Question

Why do humans need to eat ridiculous amounts of food to build muscle, but Gorillas are way stronger by only eating grass and fruits?

In: Biology

Answer 1

Biology the same way cows and horses build muscle from eating grass they can process the energy in the foods they eat to build the muscle because that is their normal diet.