Stronger is a gorilla or a human. Who is stronger - a gorilla or a lion? Biological description and characteristics
There are many feature films, in which in leading role huge fictional monkeys perform. It’s simply impossible to meet the real King Kong anywhere because he doesn’t really exist. But it is still really possible to see its prototype in nature or in some zoo.
Which ones are considered the largest in the world? Gorilla monkey – this is the most huge representative primates. They bear too much resemblance to... The structure and even some of the habits of these animals are very similar to those of humans. People first learned about them from the description of Thomas Savagemise, a missionary from America.
Features and habitat of the gorilla
IN real life options anthropoid gorilla monkey much less than in science fiction films about her. The average height of this interesting animal is about two meters, and its weight sometimes reaches 270 kg. Males always double larger than females. Their wide back is what catches your eye the most. The shoulder width of the male reaches one meter.
Throughout the body photo of gorilla monkey visible to the naked eye incredible strength and power. It is massive, has well-developed muscles, strong hands and powerful feet.
The width of a gorilla's shoulders can reach one meter
Gorillas have dark coats; adult males still have a silver stripe running across their entire back. The gorilla's brow ridges protrude noticeably.
The forelimbs are much longer than the hind limbs. This animal can easily move on its hind legs, but still prefers to walk on all fours. Gorillas walk by resting on their toes, so inner side The palms of the animal are quite sensitive.
The animal's large head has a low forehead and a massive jaw protruding forward. The volume of a gorilla's brain is about 600 cubic centimeters. The animal has 48 chromosomes.
Species of Gorillas
Gorillas are divided into two species. Those who live in the plains rain forests Gabon, Cameroon and Congo are called lowland gorillas.
Those who live in central regions Africa in mountain ranges Virunga are called mountainous. Mountain gorillas different from plains long hair, which they need in order to protect animals from severe mountain frosts.
Character and lifestyle of a gorilla
Gorilla monkey lives in groups consisting of 5-30 individuals. The main place in such a group the leader occupies the position, there are also a couple of males, females and babies. Gorillas are the most fearsome inhabitants of the forest, so they have no special ill-wishers or enemies.
Their food grows all over the forests, so they don't have to spend much time looking for food. In the first half of the day, primates prefer to sleep. After waking up, the animals walk through the tropics and rest.
For most gorillas, rest consists of sleeping, small primates play among themselves, while other animals search in each other's fur.
Afterwards they walk through the jungle again, while eating food. They continue this activity until dusk. As night approaches, the leader of the group begins to build a nest for himself out of branches.
Because of his heavy weight the leader often has to sleep on the ground
As a rule, it is always on the ground because the leader usually has large mass. Other members of the friendly group climb trees and, having built nests for themselves there, fall asleep soundly in those places where night finds them.
These social animals are quite comfortable and natural in a group. Gorillas do not like bodies of water and try to avoid them. They also do not enjoy rainy weather.
Although the gorilla has a terrifying appearance, these animals are actually good-natured and peaceful, if you do not come into conflict with him. Their leader may perform a frightening dance in order to strengthen his authority and protect the group from the enemy, but this threat, as a rule, does not go beyond the dance.
Even when enraged, he most often refrains from attacking a person. If this happens, then these are small, insignificant bites.
Gorillas are friendly
The gorilla group is mostly calm. Scandals periodically occur between females, which quickly stop after small verbal altercations.
The leader at this time does not interfere in the quarrel between the “ladies”, but modestly watches all this from the side. Communication between all group members occurs at the level signaling system, which consists of facial expressions and sounds.
Gorilla food
The largest primates are vegetarians. The main food of gorillas is products plant origin. Between play and rest gorilla monkey eating celery, nettle, bedstraw, bamboo shoots and pygeum fruits.
They dilute their main diet with nuts and fruits. Gorillas have very strong jaws; they can easily chew tree roots, branches and wood. Sometimes, very rarely, insects can get into food.
Gorillas compensate for the lack of salt in the body with the help of certain types of clay. The size of the animals does not allow them to eat in the tree; to do this, they descend to the ground.
For a long time They can survive without water because the greens they eat contain enough moisture. In order to feel good, gorillas have to eat a lot of food. In essence, their entire day consists of them getting food, eating it, and sleeping.
Gorilla reproduction and lifespan
Childbearing age for female gorillas begins at 10 years, for males at 15-20 years. Childbirth occurs approximately once every four years. Pregnancy lasts 250-270 days. A small baby is born, weighing 1.5.
Pictured is a baby gorilla
He is absolutely helpless, unable to even crawl. Until 8 months, he feeds only on his mother's milk. Sometimes breast-feeding lasts up to 3 years. Long time children are close to their parents. Gorillas live in the wild for about 40 years. In captivity ten years longer.
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The article includes a list of the most powerful animals in the world, compiled based on a number of abilities and facts. This includes different animals, which have only one thing in common - their enormous strength, tens or even hundreds of times greater than that of humans. Nature never ceases to amaze with its unique abilities- You'll be surprised how strong some individuals can be. Let's start with the elephant...
African elephant
The elephant is the strongest mammal and the strongest land animal. The African elephant can carry up to 9,000 kg, which is the weight of 130 adults. You can find a lot interesting articles about elephants on the pages of LifeGlobe.
Gorilla
A gorilla can carry a load up to 10 times its body weight. This strong animal can lift about 2,000 kg (which is approximately the weight of 30 people).
Grizzly bear
A grizzly bear can lift more than 500 kg, which means it can carry a weight roughly equal to its body weight. This is certainly not as impressive as in the case of a gorilla, but few would argue that the bear is one of the most powerful animals in the world.
Ox
Oxen are often used for plowing, or for transporting goods in India. An ox can pull and carry something weighing up to 900 kg, which is 1.5 times its body weight. It is very useful and does not require special care animal.
Anaconda
Anaconda is the largest and most strong snake, which can easily strangle and swallow an animal equal in weight to it. And the body weight of an anaconda can easily reach 250 kilograms. Imagine her strength and huge size- this is not only the strongest, but also one of the most dangerous animals in the world.
Tiger
Tiger is one of the most strong predators, which can catch and drag prey twice its own weight, and even lift it up a tree. And the weight of a tiger can reach 550 kilograms - imagine how serious this is! This is one of those animals that it is better not to come face to face with. wildlife, otherwise there may be serious consequences.
Eagle
Eagle is the most strong bird, which can fly with a load four times its own body weight. Flight with such a burden requires enormous strength, which is why this bird has such huge wings, a beak and powerful paws.
Dung beetle
Crocodile
The saltwater crocodile has the most strong force bite in the world. The saltwater crocodile can reach more than 4.5 meters in length and has a bite pressure of up to 2.2 tons per square inch. Males large sizes can be even stronger and bite the bone just like you eat your morning pie. 5 meter saltwater crocodile can kill an adult with a single bite.
Rhinoceros
Mammal with the most great strength the bite can also accelerate to 50 kilometers per hour. In this case, the animal’s enormous strength is also supported by enormous speed, resulting in a double advantage.
How much stronger is a monkey than a human, what kind of force are gorillas capable of developing, what are primates capable of. Many people have asked these questions. Here is a translation of one article on this topic. One of the famous primatologists answers the questions.
Expert: Fady D. Isho - 7/27/2008
QUESTION: You recently answered a question about strength great apes and claimed that a male chimpanzee is on average 5 times stronger than an adult male, and a male orangutan or gorilla is up to 10 times stronger, etc.
My question is: How was this force measured? As an athlete, this is very interesting to me. Was one-arm pull strength, arm strength, and grip strength measured, all together—or something else? Was some other device used?
I ask these questions because I know some very strong people, and it is unlikely that the legs of a primate stronger than legs the legs of some of these fellows (they leg press weights over 2,000 pounds). And it's kind of hard to believe that a 120-pound chimpanzee could have the strength of 5 men on the bench press, for example. The world record bench press is roughly around 800 pounds, which means a 120 pound chimpanzee would be able to bench press 4,000 pounds (which is close to 2 tons, or 33 1/3 times its body weight). This seems unlikely.
Even if we compare with average men with an average level of training. Many of them can shake at least own weight, but it's a pushing motion, not a pulling force, which I suspect primates are monstrously strong at.
However, even if compared to the average athlete, that means a 120 lb chimpanzee would have to bench press 600 lbs since he is 5 times stronger than a human.
That's why I ask how this difference in strength was measured and determined.
Thank you in advance for any answer you may have.
ANSWER: Hi Jim
I understand your curiosity, let me explain. Many people have no idea about power (or power). WITH scientific point In terms of perspective, it can be measured as work per time (work done per unit of time; power = work/time).
For example, if a person is moving a 200-pound load certain distance in twenty seconds, and a chimpanzee does it in four seconds, it can be assumed that a chimpanzee is five times more powerful than a human in this matter.
Let me point out that today there is no universal way to compare a person with an adult chimpanzee, orangutan, or gorilla. An experiment conducted at the Bronx Zoo in 1924 compared the strength of a 165-pound adult human and a 165-pound male chimpanzee named “Boma,” as well as a 135-pound female chimpanzee, Suzette.
They competed to see how much weight a man and a monkey could pull with one hand. A grown man managed to pull a maximum of 200 pounds. The male chimpanzee, in turn, pulled 847 pounds with one hand, and the female chimpanzee 1,260 pounds.
You see that our brothers, the smaller monkeys, can easily make the strongest person like a hot water bottle. At one of the exhibitions, an orangutan threw his hand at a log that was in his way, with which four or five people had previously struggled in vain, trying to move it.
In terms of animal strength, the strength of a wild chimpanzee is equivalent to the strength of 4 to 7 adult men, more like 5 adult men.
The strength of an orangutan is equal to that of 5 - 8 adult males, approximately 7 adult males.
A gorilla has the strength of 9 to 12 adult men, that is approximately 11.
These estimates are made based on real action which these animals performed. If you knew monkeys as well as I do, I am sure you would not doubt their capabilities.
Best wishes,
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QUESTION: Dear Fady D. Isho,
Thank you for the information, very interesting and valuable!
Yes, I'm familiar with the difference between power and strength. Force is basically a measure of short-term force that can be applied or exerted on an object - while power is more the amount of force that can be developed by transferring weight over a distance or in some other way in a unit of time.
However, the comparison in traction you refer to (this does not imply that I doubt what you say) appears to violate the laws of physics. For an organism (body) weighing 135 pounds to pull 9 times its own weight, there must be some permanent basis levers to pull the weight rather than move towards it.
Considering that the friction of the surface on which the chimpanzee's body is located and the weight are the same - it is physically impossible for a chimpanzee to move the weight (a monkey would rather pull itself towards the weight) - unless there is some fixed base, leaning against which the chimpanzee could place itself against the force of tension .
It's the same with pushing. The old Superman comic broke the laws of physics when a 200 (+/-) pound man stopped or pushed a multi-ton truck while on the same frictionless surface (asphalt). The laws of physics are completely ignored here.
That's why it's hard to believe that a chimpanzee is able to pull more than its own weight across a surface with equal friction between both masses. Is it possible (from personal experience), if a person has the opportunity to fix his position with the help of a strong stationary support, a tree, a rock, or railroad sleepers, from which he can push off.
The best example of this is how a 250 pound man pulls a locomotive. He can do this only because there is a difference in friction (a locomotive is on wheels, a person can use sleepers as a fixed support). Once the inertia is overcome, the locomotive, weighing many times more than a person, begins to move. A person only needs to overcome inertia to get him off the ground.
In general, it would be interesting to know what was used as a base in primate strength tests. Or it was simply the strength of the hand, grip, and traction that were measured.
Another related question arises. Monkeys can use both arms and legs to move, like four-legged animals. This gives them every pound of advantage over humans. Isn't this what gives them the main advantages, since they can involve in the effort larger number muscles, which in cross section will be larger than that of a person.
Another important possibility should be considered: Adrenaline (aka the “anger” or “extreme” factor). This is what allows a 110 pound woman to lift a car while saving her son (documented case).
Therefore, please explain, maybe some kind of irritant was used to outrage and anger the animal to stimulate the adrenaline factor? In other words, was some kind of stimulus used? After all, the person, naturally, did not have such an advantage that could affect the test result.
Thank you very much! Waiting for an answer.
Answer
Hello Jim
The male chimpanzee stood with his feet on the base, the female did not.
All your statements are correct. Without support from a stationary object or a surface with a higher coefficient of friction, the body under test will simply slide towards the load. But when there is more than enough force to move an object, the object begins to move along the direction of the force. (Through a jerk).
And since chimpanzees' bones are denser than humans', and their muscles are more developed, they are able to move heavier weights.
There have also been reports of felines testing the strength of pulling loads more than five times their body weight, just as chimpanzees are able to do this effectively.
The monkey makes a sumo wrestler like a hot water bottle. Interesting video, a sumo wrestler competes with an orangutan in a tug of war. Can you imagine what would happen if it was a gorilla?
Ants are not only hardworking, but also strong... Photo: http://rumbur.ru
Just recently we told you that the most strong insects On our planet, scientists have recognized the dung beetle Onthophagus taurus. The beetle Onthophagus Taurus is capable of developing huge physical strength and is capable of lifting a load equivalent to more than 1,100 times the beetle's own weight. But there are others on this planet strong creatures, capable of surprising us with their records...
In our today's photo fact, we present to you the ten most powerful creatures on the planet in strength-to-weight ratio. These animals (and others) can lift 1000 times their own weight!
1. Oribatid mites. The strongest creature on Earth (in terms of strength-to-weight ratio) is the oribatid mite, which can be found in your local garden. This tiny creature can support 1,180 times its own weight. It's the same as if a person could lift 82 tons. (shane58):
2. Dung beetle. This bug can lift the equivalent weight of six double-decker buses, or 1,141 times more own weight. Dung beetles vary greatly in size, from 1 mm to 6 cm in length. Scarab is a type that makes up 10% of all beetles. He was worshiped by the ancient Egyptians that his activity (when he rolled balls of dung) was the personification of the movement of the sun. (Arno & Louise):
3. Leaf-cutter ant. The jaws of this insect can bite off part of a leaf whose weight is 50 times more weight their bodies. It’s the same as if a person lifted an object weighing 2.5 tons. These insects have some of the most difficult relationships in the world - each group is responsible for a specific process:
4. Gorilla. A gorilla can lift 10 times its own weight. Males reach 1.75 m in height and weigh up to 200 kg. Females are almost half the size. Gorillas live up to 50 years. The word "gorilla" comes from the Greek "gorillai", which means "tribe of hairy women". Like humans, gorillas have individual fingerprints. (S@ilor):
5. African crowned eagle. The first - and only - bird on the list of the ten most powerful animals. In flight, it can carry prey weighing up to 16 kg, that is, four times its own weight. It's powerful and aggressive predator, killing monkeys and even small antelopes. Its wingspan is almost 2 meters. It can take five months to build its huge nest, but only mates once every two years. (Lightning Bug Creek):
6 people. We reached the sixth stage of this “strongest” hit parade thanks to Žydrunas Savickas - the strongest man in the world, who can lift twice his own weight. Savickas is 34 years old and 1.9 meters tall:
7. Tigers. They can bear a weight twice their own - about 540 kg. Average length tiger from nose to tail tip - 3.3 meters, weight - 300 kg. And despite their weight and size, they can reach speeds of up to 64 km/h. A tiger's paw is powerful enough to crush a cow's skull. (anmichaelthomas):
8. Elephants. They can lift different weights, and they themselves are not lightweight. They can lift up to 9 tons, which is 1.7 times their weight own body. This largest mammals on earth, they live up to 70 years. The largest elephant in history he was 4.2 meters tall. At birth they weigh 120 kg. (Paraflyer):
9. Oxen. An ox can handle a weight one and a half times its own - about 900 kg. Typically, oxen are used only for pulling heavy objects. They are usually combined in pairs. (alber):
10. Grizzly. At birth, a grizzly bear weighs only 0.5 kg, and at maturity it already weighs 550 kg. standing on hind legs, the grizzly bear reaches almost 2.5 meters in height. They can run at a speed of 54 km/h, but they run faster uphill than downhill due to the distribution of muscles. In the wild, grizzly bears live up to 30 years. (Stephen Oaks):
When we talk about the strength of a living creature, for some reason we imagine a very large animal - an elephant, rhinoceros or gorilla. However, strength is not always comparable to size.
It happens that even among small, or rather small, creatures, there are real strongmen who are able to lift or move an object whose weight is several times greater than their own. So what are these strong animals like? Perhaps this question interests many nature lovers. So let's see which of them are really the strongest, and whether it is correct to consider the most powerful creatures as the largest.
Elephants
(lat. Elephantidae) are the largest and largest land animals living on Earth. For example, Indian, or asian elephant thanks to its strength, it helps people perform complex and difficult work. In India, elephants have long been in the service of humans.
They lift and drag heavy loads (about 9 tons) that a person cannot lift. However, relative to their own weight, their achievements are not great enough - only about 1.7 parts of their own weight.
Leopards
(lat. Panthera pardus ) – quite large and strong cat. This predator easily copes with deer, antelope or roe deer, easily dragging the carcass of its prey onto tree branches, thus hiding it from other predators. But a leopard can also cope with an animal whose weight can be only 2 times its own, that is, about 150 kg.
Crowned eagle
Crowned eagle (lat. Stephanoaetus coronatus) – the strongest predatory bird Africa. The wingspan of the crowned eagle is 2 meters. It attacks its victim with lightning speed, leaving no chance of salvation. They hunt in pairs: one bird distracts the prey, and the other attacks it.
This predator is capable of flying with prey weighing about 16-17 kilograms, i.e. 4 times heavier than himself. This is a rather aggressive and bold bird. Being in the nest, and sensing the approach of danger, it can attack not only a predator, but also a person.
Gorilla
(lat. Gorilla) - the largest and strongest among primates. They have strong fore and hind limbs. This is a massive animal with very well developed muscles, possessing enormous power. Males have special strength - enormous power lies in their hands. An adult gorilla can lift 10 times its own weight.
Insects are far from mammals and birds, from which they differ in their structure and size, but they can boast of their remarkable strength.
Ants
Ants (lat. Formicidae) is a well-known insect, one of the most powerful animals on the planet. The little ant easily carries various objects needed to build an anthill and wins various insects, exceeding it in size, and then drags them on himself to his “home”.
So, for example, an ordinary ant can handle a weight that is 10 or even 20 times its own weight, but a leaf-cutter ant can easily cope with a piece of leaf that is 50 times heavier than itself. This can only be compared to if a person could lift an object weighing about 2.5 tons.
Rhinoceros beetle
Rhinoceros beetle (lat. Oryctes nasicornis) - a beetle from the lamellar family (lat. Scarabaeidae). It got its name because of the growth that resembles a rhinoceros horn. This beetle easily broke the ant's record: it is capable of dragging along the ground or carrying a load 850 times heavier than itself, while its size is only 25-40 mm.
Scarab beetle
Beetle, or dung-beetle(lat. Scarabaeus sacer) - this beetle easily copes with a load whose weight exceeds its own 1140 times. This can be compared to if a person could lift six double-decker buses. The scarab beetle measures from 3 mm to 7 cm in length. And what’s interesting is that they can drag away such a rather large load, or rather roll it away to a distance of several tens of meters.
Armored mite
Armored mite (lat. Oribatida Dugues) are the strongest creatures living on the planet in terms of strength/weight ratio. The most common oribatid mite Oribatida. This small creature capable of supporting 1180 times its own weight. You can just imagine that this is equivalent to a person being able to lift a weight of 82 tons.
So it turns out that small does not mean weak at all! As we can see, among small creatures there are many representatives capable of breaking the records of the largest animals on the planet.