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[–] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com 49 points 2 days ago (5 children)

gorillas sit around eating a vegetarian diet and have massive muscle mass just because they metabolize different kinds of protein MUCH more effectively than humans do and also are much more physically active than the average human

Fixed it for you.

[–] anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml 25 points 1 day ago (3 children)

This would, of course, change if said gorilla had to sit at a desk for 40 hours a week.

[–] lightnsfw@reddthat.com 1 points 1 hour ago

I mean... The zoo gorillas were looking pretty jacked the last time I saw them.

[–] BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com 31 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Definitely a little but probably not as much as you'd think.

Humans produce a protein that forcibly limits our muscle growth and its impact is kinda crazy. Gorillas produce a bit of it too, but it's a drastically lower amount. It's called myostatin if I remember right, there is a dog that sometimes has a mutation where they barely produce it too and the differences between a regular one and a mutated one is pretty extreme. Look into 'Bully Whippets' if you want some interesting reads.

[–] ICastFist@programming.dev 2 points 1 hour ago

I've seen photos of super muscular cattle, it's crazy to the point that cows have difficulty birthing calves.

If this web search leads me to some fetish site I'm gonna get mad at you. Or a bit horny, depends on the kink I guess.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago (1 children)

i dunno. a silverback gorilla would have much the same reaction as i would to PC LOAD LETTER

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Brb gonna go throw a gorilla into some nuclear waste and get it to bite me.

[–] HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

aw dude why waste all that nuclear waste on a gorilla when you could have a mandrill bite you

cool faces and inflatable asses. why would you pass that up.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because mandrillman is already my tinder profile name.

it seems more like we've found a (dear gods gag me but it's the right word) synergy we could exploit

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

But what if the gorillas stopped sitting around and actually worked to build muscle mass? We've never actually seen a gorilla that was trying to get as big and as strong as he could.

[–] angrystego@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

I don't know about the physical activity. Gorillas are known for not moving around much. But they lack the muscle size regulation that we have.

[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 day ago

Well That was my point, we work at it they don't. And most of bro dude protein intake is wasted