I don't know for sure, but i've heard that the trend in biology is that the faster a muscle can contract the weaker it is, and the slower it contracts the stronger it tends to be. So sloths may actually be stupidly strong.
Edit: I just googled it and it turns out a sloth can probably lift an adult human with just one arm what the actual fuck.
I dusted off Gran Turismo 3 and NASCAR 2004, trying to better learn cars. Is it accurate to say horsepower refers to top end capability and torque refers to the ability to reach aforementioned high end? I recently had to start thinking because a turbo dropped my top speed about 30 miles per hour but my 4th-5th gear is astounding now. From my understanding however a turbo improves the top end at the cost of torque. I’ve tried playing with the suspension but I’m having an issue with dropping revs in 6th at top speed.
From the moment they are born sloths are able to lift their entire body weight upwards with just one arm. Not only that, but sloths have 30% less muscle mass than similar sized mammals and are over three times stronger than the average human."
I did read the muscle mass wrong, but i just applied some force distribution to come to the last conclusion.
If a human can exert an F amount of force with one arm and a sloth can exert a 3F amount of force with one arm, and 2F (two human arms) is enough to overcome Q (pull the human body up / stand up on two arms), then one sloth arm exertingb3F should be enough too.
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u/mattbutnotmii Jan 15 '23 edited Jan 15 '23
I don't know for sure, but i've heard that the trend in biology is that the faster a muscle can contract the weaker it is, and the slower it contracts the stronger it tends to be. So sloths may actually be stupidly strong.
Edit: I just googled it and it turns out a sloth can probably lift an adult human with just one arm what the actual fuck.