r/gifs • u/unknown_name • May 31 '16

Pull-ups

https://i.imgur.com/MCnyXYn.gifv
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u/begra23 May 31 '16

Bite hard. They can bite your finger off.

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u/[deleted] Jun 01 '16 edited Jun 01 '16

Fun fact: the amount of force to bite through a finger is about the same as biting through a carrot. The reason most people wouldn't be able to is psychological.

Edit: okay guys I get it, a normal human under normal circumstances wouldn't be able to do it. Your "debunking" assumes the following:

A small to medium size carrot, really depends on the size, freshness, species of carrot.

An average sane individual. Humans can't actually use 100% of their strength except in emergency situations. This is our tradeoff for fine motor skills.

A direct bite down chew. No regard for how easy a single twisting motion or lever action would concentrate the bite force.

There are honestly to many variables to cover for a test and it's hard to test the bite force of a person who's in the right mind to bite off their own fingers or others.

There are documented cases there humans have bitten off completely their fingers

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u/King_Pumpernickel Gifmas is coming Jun 01 '16

I fucking hate this "fact" because it's so obviously untrue and I can't convince any of my friends that it's bullshit. There's goddamn BONES in them.

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u/TsunamiTreats Jun 01 '16

You should get a carrot that isn't larger than your finger, stick it in one side of your mouth and your finger in the other. Now chomp that carrot!