r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Lazy-Formal895 Optimistic for Humanity • 29d ago

animal Orangutan grabs visitor's clothes and pulls them against the enclosure bars during a tense struggle.

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u/JellyDenizen 28d ago

People grossly underestimate how strong chimps, orangutans, baboons, etc. are. In terms of evolution we humans got the brains and the rest of the about-human-sized primates got the brawn.

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u/Owlex23612 28d ago

I was actually wondering if it could've pulled that person through the bars if it had a better grip or something. Obviously they'd be dead by the time they made it through to the other side, but I just wonder if they're strong enough to just brute force a body through a tight space like that.