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Message 182 of 287 (329594)
07-07-2006 11:18 AM

Reply to: Message 181 by jakethesnake6901
07-07-2006 5:21 AM

Re: human power

Animals are dumb, they are programmed to attack in single or only few manners. They can't learn to do a corkscrew blow which temporily stops the opponent's heart. They can't learn to do a back of the head karate chop that can remove eye balls from the socket. They can't learn to do a Muay Thai flying elbow which cracks coconuts and skulls.

I agree that animals are dumb (compared to us) but some guy did teach a chimp karate <--- things.

Humans are the only exception from nature

I agree but from what I've read here a lot of people think otherwise. They see humans as just another animal and not something specially created.

Science fails to recognize the single most potent element of human existence.
Letting the reigns go to the unfolding is faith, faith, faith, faith.
Science has failed our world.
Science has failed our Mother Earth.
-System of a Down, "Science"

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Message 184 of 287 (329641)
07-07-2006 2:36 PM

Reply to: Message 183 by jakethesnake6901
07-07-2006 12:58 PM

Re: human power

It does not know karate, it was just trained to mimic its master.

Is knowing karate something other than training to mimic your master?

It is not practical at all.

I thought the chimp looked pretty good at it.
It would be interestng to see that chimp get in a fight with another chimp...don'tcha think?

Still though, for the sake of argument, the following quote is not totally accurate.

jakethesnake6901 in msg 181 writes:

They (animals) can't learn to do a back of the head karate chop....

one more thing.

That chimp doing Karate is like saying a Chimp that paints is same as DaVinci.

thats a little extreme

The chimp looked good at karate. If they taught one to paint and it looked good, I would type that a chimp could paint too but I still wouldn't be saying they were the same as DaVinci, I mean, come on! You have to admit that was a pretty shitty simile. Picasso, maybe....just kidding.

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Message 266 of 287 (505259)
04-09-2009 2:25 PM

The Secret To Chimp Strength

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In an article published in the April issue of Current Anthropology, Walker argues that humans may lack the strength of chimps because our nervous systems exert more control over our muscles. Our fine motor control prevents great feats of strength, but allows us to perform delicate and uniquely human tasks.

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Our surplus motor neurons allow us to engage smaller portions of our muscles at any given time. We can engage just a few muscle fibers for delicate tasks like threading a needle, and progressively more for tasks that require more force. Conversely, since chimps have fewer motor neurons, each neuron triggers a higher number of muscle fibers. So using a muscle becomes more of an all-or-nothing proposition for chimps. As a result, chimps often end up using more muscle than they need.

"[A]nd that is the reason apes seem so strong relative to humans," Walker writes.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/...ases/2009/03/090330200829.htm

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