![]() Strongest Man: 1,102 lb (500 kg) Eddie Hall set a world record by completing a half tonne deadlift in Leeds, UK.Shorter legs and longer arms make gorillas mechanically favored for this lift. This would easily be the gorillas best event. Gorilla: 2,000 lb (905 kg) They spend most of their time crab walking – meaning that their legs are not nearly as developed nor as strong as their arms.Strongest Man: 1,036 lb (470 kg) by Andrey Malanichev at Boss of Bosses II in Mountain View.But they also spend most their time on four legs – keeping their leg muscles from developing even more impressive strength. Gorillas have shorter legs, limiting the range of motion – make that lift easier. Here’s a spirited discussion on a gorillas prospects for being a bench press champion. World Record for Heaviest Bench Press (Male) Strongest Man: 885 lb (401.5 kg) by Blaine Sumner.But let’s just have fun and go with it anyway. Bench Press: Gorilla vs Manīecause of their disproportionate arm/leg length ratio, they are not really built for this type of competition. Here’s how a gorilla would do with some common lifts used to measure human strength. For a proper comparison, we would need to compare two individuals of equal size and training. Limitations: Gorillas don’t have training in lifting or fighting. How much stronger is a gorilla than a human? At least 6X stronger than a human, everything else being equal. Let me know in the comments what you think! In this post, I’ve accumulated a collection of facts and some assumptions to get the conversation started. There is a surprising absence of real data on the strength of a gorilla. This post is a combination of facts and conjecture. And no one has fought a gorilla against a bear (thankfully). They haven’t competed in strong man (ape) competitions. No one really knows how strong a gorilla is. Range: Eastern Africa (Uganda, Rwanda, Democratic Republic of Congo)īut before we get started, I want to make one thing clear.Adult male gorillas are known as silverbacks. Color: Black (adult males have a silver “saddle” on their back).Bite Strength: 1,300 PSI (stronger than a great white shark or lion).Strength compared to humans: 6 times human strength (estimated).Strength: 10 times body weight (estimated).If we take an average weight of a 400 lb (181 kg) for an adult male mountain gorilla, that means that it could hypothetically lift upwards of 4,000 lb (1,810 kg)! Gorilla Strength, Size, and Speed Summary But the most common statistic that I can find states a gorilla’s strength at 10 times their body weight. Many sites claim that a gorilla can lift anywhere from 4 to 27 times their body weight. Gorillas strength is about 10 times their body weight. Gorilla Strength, Size, and Speed SummaryĮpic Guide to Gorilla Strength How Strong is a Gorilla?.Generally, only silverback males become the leader of a troop. Male gorillas become silverbacks around the age of 13, when the hair across their shoulders and down their back becomes grayish or white in color. Progression to a leadership role “depends on genetics, which female is raising the young male, and if that male survives to be a dominant male of the group,” Moore explains. (Gorillas are no dummies-here’s why.) All males become silverbacks, but not all become dominant. Sexual dimorphism is a key piece of gorilla information that helps you understand why only some become silverbacks. ![]() Males have larger heads than females, due to a crest, or ridge on their skull that serves as an anchor where large jaw muscles attach. The Silverback Gorilla is the most endangered species of Gorilla. Gorillas are also killed by poachers and sometimes get caught in poacher’s snares meant for other animals. Why are some gorillas called Silverbacks?Īdult male mountain gorillas are called Silverbacks because of the silver saddle of hair on their backs. Not all gorillas become silverbacks only male gorillas become silverbacks as they mature the female gorillas young males don’t develop silver hair on their backs hence they can’t be called silverbacks.
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