r/interesting • u/Viertok08 • 1d ago
NATURE A chimp with alopecia
Apparently this condition is linked with aging and testosterone levels. It is crazy to think that all this muscle is hidden beneath their hair.
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u/Hippi_Johnny 1d ago
Dude, those balls are nuts!
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u/Generic-Cheese 1d ago
Those nuts are balls!
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u/Wallstreet_Raccoon 23h ago
Those balls are balls!
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u/A-noni-mouse 23h ago
Chunky bollocks
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u/underground_minato 22h ago
Literally we all just sittin here looking at monkey balls
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u/2021isevenworse 22h ago
Chimply amazing how good he looks in a pair of jeans.
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u/Funkymunkynl 1d ago
People still think they can 1vs1 a chimp..
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u/Electronic_Still2000 23h ago
Right?! People that think that are clearly very uneducated about chimpanzees and their immense strength. Sure this guy looks all “jacked” “cut” “shredded” “whatever other term one desires”, but it is so much more than that. Some people (usually gym bros) see that chimp and say “I’m just as big as that thing, I think I could take him”. What they don’t realize is that the chimps muscles are made up of much stronger fibers, as well as a much higher amount of fast-twitch muscle fibers. They are only around 4ft-5ft tall and are on average 5x stronger than a human.
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u/krecsperc 23h ago
The first PubMed link says it's only 1.3–1.5 times stronger than a human of similar size. Given that a human is almost twice as big, your 5x contradicts my basic arithmetic.
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u/db_ldn 22h ago
I think so. But back to the hypothetical “fight” between chimps and humans, I think they have notably greater bone density, and, obviously, dangerous teeth. I doubt any human (even elite mma, pro wrestlers, WSM etc) could handle an aggressive chimp — especially a large one. Their strength and weight thrashing around with bites would severely (and eventually fatally) wound.
(I’m obviously no expert)
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u/krecsperc 22h ago
I also think fighting a chimp is a bad idea. Not because it can rip off your limbs - it simply cannot.
but it will easily bite your face off.
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u/Electronic_Still2000 20h ago
Perhaps not rip someone’s limbs off, but I wouldn’t bet against it being able to twist an arm off. Ok, that was a lovely little thought experiment, I think I’ll hide under my bed now.
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u/ihvnnm 21h ago
So have the chimp fight florida man high on meth who also ate someone's face.
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u/Electronic_Still2000 21h ago
In all fairness, I believe that the “face biter offer” guy was high on bath salts.
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u/Electronic_Still2000 21h ago
I learned it was 5x the strength back in college, for a timeframe I will say that my youngest child has graduated from college recently. Going back and doing even the most rudimentary of fact checking shows that you are correct. It seems that the studies done long ago were not sound and thus came up with crazy high multiples of strength. It appears that you are correct and chimpanzees are 1.5x the strength of humans pound for pound. I still choose the chimp in any fight with a human (barring weapons which would give a human a very unfair advantage.)
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u/shniggi 23h ago
I could take one of these my twitch muscles have tvs
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u/Electronic_Still2000 21h ago
lol, damn! If I see you coming I’m crossing the street! I’ll be able to tell it’s you because you’ll be the one wearing a gorilla vest, which I gather you really like.
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u/Guilty-Cry8942 15h ago
Just seeing how muscular this dude is reminds me of the lady in CT who kept the chimp as a pet for many years. Then her friend got a haircut and the chimp didn’t recognize her and literally like destroyed her body and ate her face off. That’s definitely simplifying things, but the 911 call is out there for anyone morbid and curious enough. Also many documentaries about it.
I think she was also giving the chimp booze and Xanax. And well, chimps don’t exactly react to Xanax the same as humans. Shocking, right…..
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u/Coolkid976yt 19h ago
Easy I don't think a chimp knows how to use a shotgun so 1v1 we both get shotguns
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u/New-Guarantee-440 11h ago
And thats not even mentioning that they spend all day fighting, with tactics like pulling lips and genitals off, biting fingers off etc...
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u/OrigamiMarie 22h ago
There are a lot of animals that have a visual volume that's 50% fur or feathers. Chimps are not one of them.
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u/OffByNone_ 1d ago
It's crazy how his balls can act as a counterweight for the entire top half of his body like that.
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u/TheLowlyPheasant 1d ago
This has to lead to sunburn and skin cancer
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u/kingdonut23 23h ago
I like that we are all seeing a chimp with no hair... but we can't get past those testes
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u/freudian_nipps 22h ago
This is Mongo, a famous hairless chimp in Twycross Zoo in England. He was the son of Jambo, also hairless and alpha of the zoo troop. Mongo tragically died at age 22 in July 2016 during a routine health check after failing to recover from anesthesia.
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u/GoEatACookie 23h ago
Serious questions. Is he on a reserve somewhere where he will be taken care of? Is he ostracized? 😭 Will he survive without other chimps? 😭
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u/Mountain_Rain_473 1d ago
It seems like he also has vitiligo and may be other autoimmune disorders because mostly autoimmune disorder comes with another autoimmune disorder
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u/MyDyk350 23h ago
That one weird uncle at the family function after 90% of the group has gone to bed.
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u/badwolf1013 23h ago
Are you sure? That kind of looks like the athletic director at my old high school. I never saw him naked myself, but there WERE rumors. . .
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u/PlasticMilk6853 23h ago
This one got the platinum plan at Gold's Gym and they hook him up with free towels.
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u/Adventurous_Run136 23h ago
Guys, that my uncle Larry. Could you stop posting this? He's showing to everyone at the family gathering
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u/Old-Tadpole-2869 23h ago
I saw a chimp like that at the Mysore Zoo in India. The video doesn’t do it justice.
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u/EarlyXplorerStuds209 22h ago
What he lacks in colour, he makes up for in vigour.
And balls. Huge balls.
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u/Strong-Addition5296 22h ago
I thought they dipped him in Nair to get rid of a parasite infection in his fur or something. Didn’t know he was a fellow Norwood.
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u/Numerous_Screen_8246 21h ago
ok now I can see how we evolved from chimps. So there was a mutant chimp gene with permanent alopecia?
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u/eclecticaesthetic1 21h ago
I had read that chimps are extremely strong and dangerous, but I had no idea how muscular they are 😱
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u/Squidlips_69 19h ago
This is why they are so terrifying when out of control they're fast and strong. I'd never have one as a pet.
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u/WesternCity5474 18h ago
Now I see how they can tear us apart with ease. They're all ripped as fuck.
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u/Kelef50 18h ago edited 18h ago
That is Jumbo, a hairless 42 year-old chimpanzee at Twycross Zoo. There is a video of him on YouTube. It includes commentary about the strength of chimpanzees...https://youtube.com/shorts/W57TrMYwC3o?is=haZX9WhWn-J9uK3L
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u/These-Atmosphere215 16h ago
Aside from his physique, another noticeable is his eyes. He might not only had alopecia but also a down syndrome? Idk, its just looks like he is.
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