Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by warent on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:47PM
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Can't this just be chalked down to acquired skill made possible through superior intelligence? i.e
if other animals could practice and learn as effectively at us, perhaps a silverback gorilla or something could throw better than humans
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Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by adwn on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:13PM
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I don't think so. As far as I know, other primates' arms lack our range of motion – for example, chimpanzees are unable to touch the back of their heads; that makes powerful throwing basically impossible.
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by ansible on Sunday March 27, 2022 @12:53PM
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I don't have a linky for this, but I'm sure people have tried to teach apes & chimps to throw. Aside from chimps teaching themselves to throw poo at zoo visitors.
But in general they don't have the neural hardware to precisely time the release as accurately as we do. Even a millisecond difference changes the trajectory a lot.
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by Rastonbury on Sunday March 27, 2022 @03:00PM
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Wonder how they'd fair if gorillas trained the same way as an olympic thrower
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by kaba0 on Sunday March 27, 2022 @05:41PM
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No source either, but I believe it also has to do with the composition of our muscle fibers. Other apes have more powerful fibers, but this comes at the cost of less accuracy. Throwing requires both.
Re:It looks like you’re trying to take over the world
by kevin_thibedeau on Sunday March 27, 2022 @01:26PM
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They can't. Powerful throwing requires use of the legs that no other primate can match.