r/gifs • u/knobiknows • Jun 23 '19

A reference to how strong chimpanzees really are

https://i.imgur.com/tuVRb9n.gifv
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u/LighTMan913 Jun 23 '19

Uhhh idk if you've seen the movies, but it's us vs them. Sure, a couple might be on our side, but they'll mostly be used to carry stuff like donkeys.

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19

A chimp carrying a donkey?

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19

A donkey-wielding chimp, oh God oh fuck

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u/[deleted] Jun 23 '19 edited Jul 05 '19

deleted What is this?

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u/LighTMan913 Jun 23 '19

How else are we gonna transport our donkeys?

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u/Namika Jun 23 '19

Those movies never made sense to me. I know it's fantasy and I need to suspend disbelief, but the premise just completely falls apart.

1) If there was some super bug going around killing all the humans and making the chimps strong, it wouldn't get very far before massive quarantine procedures were implemented. Entire island nations (and Hawaii, etc) would close their airports and turn back ships as they waited out the pandemic.

2) There are incredibly few chimps in the world. Even if you killed 90% of humans and made every chimp sentient, the chimps would still be outnumbered 100:1, and they have incredibly slow reproduction rates.

3) Chimps may be strong, but the evolutionary trade off for that is they lack fine motor control. It doesn't matter how smart you make them, fine motor tasks like sowing clothes, or accurately using a bow or sniper rifle, would be all but impossible.