Ha. Nice. What is interesting about that scenario is the human would be loading up on protein (probably meat based diet) and working hard to gain that, and the gorillas sit around eating a vegetarian diet and have massive muscle mass just because.
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
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.
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.
I was gonna object that it's a vegan diet, because they're presumably not gonna do eggs or milk, but apparently not strictly vegetarian either:
Mountain gorillas spend about a quarter of their day eating, mainly plants. Around 85% of their diet is made up of leaves, shoots and stems, but gorillas can also eat larvae, snails, ants, and even roots, barks and rotting wood (a good source of sodium/salt).
There is basically nothing that isn't a. opportunistic carnivore. Eating meat is just way more efficient (in terms of nutrition and calorie density) than eating plants.
Bro vegan athletes win in the olympics, in strong man, in sprints, in marathons, all over the place. They have to work hard for it, sure, but there's nothing special about meat protein.
This hurts me. The term is 'yoked' as in strong as an ox that can bear a yoke, not 'yolked' as in somehow related to egg slime. Hugging gorillas is very wholesome though.
I always thought from hearing it that it meant they ate a lot of raw eggs, since that is sometimes associated with bodybuilding. I guess it means you look like an animal that would normally be yoked together to pull a plough or some such
No actual bodybuilder eats raw eggs, raw eggwhites have significantly lower bioavailability than cooked ones. And if you live in the US they are a salmonella risk as well
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BCsven@lemmy.ca · 72 pts · 192d
Ha. Nice. What is interesting about that scenario is the human would be loading up on protein (probably meat based diet) and working hard to gain that, and the gorillas sit around eating a vegetarian diet and have massive muscle mass just because.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 52 pts · 192d
Fixed it for you.
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 29 pts · 192d
This would, of course, change if said gorilla had to sit at a desk for 40 hours a week.
BarbecueCowboy@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 33 pts · 192d
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.
SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social · 9 pts · 192d
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.
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 8 pts · 192d
TIL 😄
ICastFist@programming.dev · 4 pts · 190d
I've seen photos of super muscular cattle, it's crazy to the point that cows have difficulty birthing calves.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 15 pts · 192d
i dunno. a silverback gorilla would have much the same reaction as i would to PC LOAD LETTER
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 5 pts · 192d
Fair
lightnsfw@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 190d
I mean... The zoo gorillas were looking pretty jacked the last time I saw them.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 10 pts · 192d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 192d
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 · 6 pts · 192d
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d
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 · 4 pts · 192d
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 · 3 pts · 192d
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 pts · 192d
Well That was my point, we work at it they don't. And most of bro dude protein intake is wasted
Ephera@lemmy.ml · 16 pts · 192d
I was gonna object that it's a vegan diet, because they're presumably not gonna do eggs or milk, but apparently not strictly vegetarian either:
https://www.wwf.org.uk/learn/fascinating-facts/gorillas
scintilla@crust.piefed.social · 9 pts · 192d
There is basically nothing that isn't a. opportunistic carnivore. Eating meat is just way more efficient (in terms of nutrition and calorie density) than eating plants.
ThunderQueen@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 192d
o1011o@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 192d
Bro vegan athletes win in the olympics, in strong man, in sprints, in marathons, all over the place. They have to work hard for it, sure, but there's nothing special about meat protein.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 1 pts · 192d
o1011o@lemmy.world · 40 pts · 192d
This hurts me. The term is 'yoked' as in strong as an ox that can bear a yoke, not 'yolked' as in somehow related to egg slime. Hugging gorillas is very wholesome though.
ICastFist@programming.dev · 6 pts · 190d
Yolked because of all the albumin
saltnotsugar@lemmy.world · 36 pts · 192d
Also being able to open that one pickle jar without the neighbor kid laughing at me.
sefra1@lemmy.zip · 8 pts · 192d
I will never be able to open that one pickle jar without the Xelayan kid laughing at me.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 192d
Knive in jar lid side, wiggle until it bubbles.
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 192d
Bottle opener. Or spoon, even. Just barely lift the edge of the lid to let in a little air.
anton@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 3 pts · 190d
Hold it upside down and strike it with the underside of your fist. It lets air in like the knife method while looking badass.
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 27 pts · 192d
*yoked
Maybelline@lemmy.zip · 11 pts · 192d
I was looking for an egg joke. It's as egg as the nose on plain's face.
PrimeErective@startrek.website · 6 pts · 192d
I always thought from hearing it that it meant they ate a lot of raw eggs, since that is sometimes associated with bodybuilding. I guess it means you look like an animal that would normally be yoked together to pull a plough or some such
SpaceNoodle@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 192d
Nope, just a homophone. Though several companies cash in on body building pseudoscience with that.
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/yoked
dream_weasel@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 192d
No it's like how you yoke an ox or draft horse.
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 192d
excuse me the term comes specifically from disney's timeless classic, the cartoon film The Beauty and The One Dude With A Body Hair Problem
tpyo@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
I'm very sad that they didn't put together "large barge"
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 191d
well it looks like we've got to recut it
Anivia@feddit.org · 1 pts · 190d
No actual bodybuilder eats raw eggs, raw eggwhites have significantly lower bioavailability than cooked ones. And if you live in the US they are a salmonella risk as well
ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net · 12 pts · 192d
Because they want other guys to find them attractive.
sundray@lemmus.org · 12 pts · 192d
If you don’t train: “I love you, brother but you’re hug game is weak.”
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 192d
That won't work. That guy is going to get his arms ripped off.
What a fucking idiot.
Maroon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 191d
spykee@lemmings.world · 7 pts · 191d
Dicks out for Harambe!
JamesBoeing737MAX@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 190d
But humans attacking gorillas and getting their organs ripped out are a different story.
MathiasTCK@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 190d
He's got a hug!
cardboardchris@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 192d
So yolked! I bet he drives a souped-up car!
tetris11@feddit.uk · 3 pts · 192d
Or that he beats his wife with a whisk.
^too^ ^far?^ ^too^ ^far.^
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 9 pts · 192d
Are they fighting or hugging
snooggums@piefed.world · 11 pts · 192d
Hugging, look at those smiles!
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 192d
Yolked? Maybe that's part of the joke, but you can't trust anyone to use words right in a professional setting like webcomics.
Deceptichum@quokk.au · 2 pts · 192d
Tikiporch@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 192d
Maybe one is a malapropism of the other? https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Yoked
Anivia@feddit.org · 2 pts · 190d
I think it's just engagement bait, and it seems to be working
themoken@startrek.website · 1 pts · 192d
einlander@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 192d
Return to Monke.
WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 192d
Jane Goodall wasn't jacked.
EDIT: Actually, I should've used Dian Fossey as my example since Goodall studied chimpanzees. Fossey wasn't jacked either, though.
FuyuhikoDate@feddit.org · 5 pts · 192d
For harambre!
anotherspinelessdem@lemmy.ml · 3 pts · 192d
Dudes rock