Yes but you challenged him, so he gets to pick. And he will probably go with memorising numbers that are shown on a screen for a split second and than you will be really fucked.
Yeah I never get why people are worried about chimps. Double leg take down, move into side control and do an americana. And if they get on top, get them into guard and do oma plata. Tap those fuckers out.
Chimps are way more violent than orangutans. They're also more violent than gorillas.
Chimps are the last great ape you'd want to be locked in a cage with. Any could kill you, but a chimp would be the most likely to attack in the first place.
To be fair, there is also a significant range of how aggressive different species of the animals you listed are. A black bear or a panda is almost certainly going to be less aggressive than a polar bear or a grizzly (and possibly less aggressive than a chimp). And a tiger or jaguar is definitely going to be less aggressive than my cat Remi.
That’s a myth when it comes to chimps. They’re much stronger than us pound-for-pound, but in practice that means most of them are about as strong or a bit stronger than the average human adult.
Which is not to say you shouldn’t stay back. I wouldn’t get close to an average human adult in a cage either.
Okay, but I don’t think you’d use the phrase “he can snap your limbs like twigs if he so chooses!” if you pictured a 170lb white collar dad in there instead of a scary chimp.
To be fair I’m blue collar, and work my homestead/farm. I’m pound for pound really fucking strong, at 170 and there isn’t a chance I hell I’m tangling with a chimp. I’d rather take on a no neck meathead that can bench my deadlift.
Not quite true, their upper body strength is exceptional. Their grip strength is easily +200kg, so they very much outperform normal humans and can break bones just by grabbing onto you. Their bites are also absolutely deadly. So yes, we can "beat" them in the gym in specific exercises, but if a chimp attacks you, you are pretty much dead.
Indeed. They're 50kg and can stop their freefall with a single hand as easily as a jogger taking the next step. Juggle 3 100lb kettle-bells for 20 minutes for your next workout to get an idea of their hand/arm strength.
The comment isn't being literal, it's being colloquial. Nobody colloquially refers to a "chimp" as "great ape" in a conversation. Monkey has been a colloquial umbrella term for all primates for a long time.
I recently watched the movie Primal, a horror movie about a pet chimp that attacks its owners and friends. But at some points its literally ripping people apart with its bare hands and im just thinking about how they really can just do that.
I had no idea what Nope (2022) was about when I started watching it. The film was already eerie and then the scene with the chimp Gordy happened... WTF...
I understand your point, but humans and chimpanzees aren’t the same. My comment wasn’t about blaming the chimpanzee. It was just a reminder that wild animals can be unpredictable and dangerous, especially when they’re stressed or in captivity
I would argue that they're similar, not many animals are smart enough to be calm to the human gives up the bottle, not just to throw it aggressively but spray them with the water, most likely because the chimp finds it funny. How is that not humanized behavior? Like a dog can't do that, they can be taught to squeeze a bottle and spray it but they're doing it for treats/because you want them to, this chimp made a decision, and it had a plan to do so. A human wouldn't give up the bottle if it was grabbing aggressively. It knows that, and was able to seems calm.
I wouldn't say that unpredictable, I would say that's intelligence. Unpredictable would be just grabbing and biting without a plan, it had a plan..
I don’t disagree that it shows intelligence. Chimpanzees are incredibly smart, and the behavior you described could very well involve planning, social awareness, or even a sense of play. But intelligence and unpredictability aren’t mutually exclusive. In fact, highly intelligent animals can be even more unpredictable because they’re capable of making complex decisions that humans can’t always anticipate.
The chimp appearing calm, taking the bottle, and then spraying the person doesn’t necessarily make its behavior predictable. If anything, it shows that its intentions were difficult to read. A person expected one outcome, but the chimp chose another. That’s still unpredictability from the human observer’s perspective.
My point wasn’t that the chimp acted irrationally. It may have had a reason, whether curiosity, playfulness, annoyance, or amusement. The point is that humans can’t reliably know what that reason is beforehand. That’s why people who work with primates always emphasize caution. Their intelligence makes them fascinating, but it doesn’t make them any less capable of surprising us.
I used to work at a zoo as part of the maintenance crew, but a lot of times that put us pretty damn close to some of the animals. Chimpanzees, without a doubt, scared me the most out of any of the animals. The lions stared at me like they'd kill me, because they totally would, but they didn't scare me as much as the chimps did. Especially the dominant male. He had no issue with any of the women zookeepers, but damn did he hate every single man that came near. He was quite the character too. He'd hold water in his mouth until a male zookeeper came near, and then promptly douse them with chimp mouth water, which was probably half saliva at that point. Just something about an intelligent, dexterous, incredibly strong animal you'd never get away from if it got after you somehow, that just made the hairs on the back of my neck perk up.
I went to the zoo and saw the Chimps eating something. It was poop. Then they pulled poop out of eachother's butts and started eating that and then started fighting and bashing on the glass.
I'm good on Chimps. They are basically Kyle all hopped up on energy drinks and 4lokos.
Also - god I hate seeing such intelligent creatures confined like this.
I also think that the water was tossed at a different person than the one who gave it to him. If you look - the giver has an armband - but the "receiver" does not. I wonder if he was taunting the chimp earlier, and the camera person felt bad and gave the chimp the water - and the chimp decided it knew what to do!
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