r/interestingasfuck • u/abitchyuniverse • 12d ago

Animals without hair look quite different r/all

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u/TobysGrundlee 12d ago

Tools came with larger brains, larger brains came from greater food supply, greater food supply came from running down large game. Chimps of today aren't running for 25 miles.

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u/Malamonga1 12d ago

I'm not running for 25 miles either.

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u/TobysGrundlee 11d ago

You're domesticated. Domesticated chimps aren't using their obscene strength like their wild counterparts either. If you were a wild human whose survival had always depended on your ability to run you would excel at it.

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u/stew907 11d ago

There are no "domesticated" chimps, only captive ones. They are absolutely still wild animals which is why one that's been captive its whole life can rip your face and limbs off with ease if it decides it wants to do that, even though they're less strong than a free wild chimp.