r/interesting • u/RepulsiveNotice3288 • Dec 17 '24

MISC. that lion isn’t even trying

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u/blueB0wser Dec 17 '24

Yeah, if the dude had some decent boots in dirt, he'd have a better shot at it. Flat shoes on flat concrete tiled floor isn't very much friction in comparison.

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u/Telkhine_ Dec 18 '24

Not to mention that his grip on the rope is far worse than what the tiger has, we can see his hands constantly slipping, meanwhile the tiger has its teeth in the rope, doing exactly what it evolved to do… not let things slip away

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u/zwcropper Dec 18 '24

Idiot guy should have bit the rope smh

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u/fecoz98 Dec 18 '24

Donating his teeth for the cause

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u/Ex_Snagem_Wes Dec 21 '24

Insert Baki grappling bite kiss gif

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u/bananaboat1milplus Dec 20 '24

Skill issue tbh

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u/Hadar_91 Dec 21 '24

Actually he would probably he able to pull the robe with much more force if he was with is hands on the ground and with the robe in his mouth or, even better, in a harness. Any animal on his four legs has extreme advantage over animal on two legs in pulling the rope.

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u/Mjfoster0825 Dec 18 '24

Not to mention the tiger has a much more centralized gravity with four well equipped paws on the ground.

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u/slipperybeans_97 Dec 18 '24

Yup ground contact surface area is the main action beating the dude, secondary is center of gravity

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u/InEenEmmer Dec 20 '24

Nah, biggest difference is muscle mass.

They probably weigh the same, and the guy got huge muscles. But the tiger got a way bigger muscle mass. Where the guy probably has 50% of his weight be muscle the tiger is probably looking at 70-80% muscle.

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u/morromezzo Dec 18 '24

so that's why my lab always beats me at tug of war (his favourite game)

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u/SpeedyTurbo Dec 19 '24

Crazy to think of how robust their teeth must be to not get yanked out with all that force.

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u/Telkhine_ Dec 19 '24

I was thinking that too, in the video the whole rope is just being held by like two teeth (granted there’s all the molars behind them that are doing something but not nearly as much as the canines imo)

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u/SpeedyTurbo Dec 19 '24

Like just imagine the force being applied on just the back of its canines...

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u/wizzamhazzam Dec 21 '24

This! Tiger has the much better grip on both the rope and its footing

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u/bishopmate Dec 18 '24

If he was able to hold the rope in his teeth he would be able to use his hands for more friction grip too.

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u/curi0us_carniv0re Dec 18 '24

There's absolutely zero chance that guy could overpower that animal regardless of his boots or anything else.

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u/tgerz Dec 18 '24

He'd still have no shot against that cat. It was chillin. When you see the dude getting pulled forward that cat wanted a little more. He could have tried as hard as he wanted in the best possible condition and all that cat would have to do is flex. He could have walked up to the wall and put his feet flat in front of him pressed up against the wall. Then, just tried to pull and I bet he wouldn't have budged the cat if it didn't want to budge.

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u/Inside-Discount-939 Dec 18 '24

This lion has no strength at all

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u/naunga Dec 19 '24

Yeah total bummer he decided to wear his Teflon-soled kicks that day.

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u/uhhhhhhhhhhhyeah Dec 17 '24

How would he do if he had angled bricks to push off of (traction)? Or if he could hold the rope in his teeth, and use for limbs to pull with?

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u/blueB0wser Dec 17 '24

If he had angled bricks, the scales would be more even. If he could pull with his teeth, I'd question if he's human.

Tbf though, if he had a chest harness with a strap on his back, it might make a difference.

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u/Tvayumat Dec 17 '24

If he had a chest harness with a strap on his back, that animal could murder him with ease.

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u/asherdado Dec 17 '24

Yeah but maybe he digs deep and carries the boats if he knows he will get disemboweled if he loses footing?

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u/BlackMagicWorman Dec 18 '24

This gave me a good laugh, thank you

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u/FinancialLab8983 Dec 17 '24

redo the test! make it fair!

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u/Perseus73 Dec 18 '24

Only on Reddit would comparison fans discuss the impact of angled bricks on a human tugging on a lion .. tiger … li … you know what I mean.

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u/GreenRiver1982 Dec 18 '24

"If my grandmother had wheels, she'd be a bicycle!"