Three Pro Wrestlers Can't Beat a Lion Cub In Tug of War.

[Tom]

This Puddy tat didn't budge in the tug of war fight.    If you missed it in the news.  Pretty impressive on the power of a lion.  Link with pix and vid.
https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/animals/a21563409/wrestlers-lion-tug-of-war-san-antonio-zoo/

"Is that lion even tryin?

You know that age-old question that has plagued mankind since the dawn of time, could three professional wrestlers beat a lion cub in a game of tug-of-war? Well, we finally have the answer, and folks, it's not looking good for humanity.

Three grapplers from the WWE's development brand NXT waged a tug-based war with a lion cub at the San Antonio Zoo. The lion, quite frankly putting in minimal effort, wins soundly.

We've highlighted some freakish man-strength in our days�The Mountain doing a casual squat marathon, for instance, or Trevante Rhodes' having triceps that look like this�but it's incredibly humbling to highlight the fact the baby version of a wild animal can easily work these three dudes like it's a rest day at the gym.

Those are three big dudes, mind you, one of which�Ricochet, real name Trevor Mann�once did this thing so athletic it tore my quads.

So, Friday's health advice: While we do recommend working ropes into your workout, we do not advise using your newly shredded core to challenge a lion to a game of tug of war. This will end badly. Don't do that."

[lucian]

Pretty much sums up the pecking order. Maybe they should try a grizzly cub.

[oldbike54]

 Anyone who has ever played the "sock" game with a 20 LB Terrier knows man is a wimpy little thing.

 Whatever you do , never challenge an 80 LB Chimpanzee to an arm wrestling contest 

 Dusty

[DaSwami]

2.5 years old?  In the animal kingdom., that is an adult, ready to propagate the species.   That is a full grown lion.  "Cub"? How misleading is that?

[Moto]

Anyone who has ever played the "sock" game with a 20 LB Terrier knows man is a wimpy little thing.

The wrestlers didn't take advantage of human strengths, and could have beaten the lion if they had.

The primary physical evolutionary advantage of humans, as I have read, is their superior long-distance running ability, which allowed them to out-distance animals like lions if they had a head start. Correspondingly, the strongest muscles of a human are in the thighs. So the wrestlers should have turned around and put the rope over their shoulders to take advantage of this, rather than tugging with their arms. You don't see pictures of slaves dragging the Pyramid blocks around in any other way.

The lion, though it might weigh over 400 pounds, is just an object in the end, anchored to the ground by gravity and tugging back when it is tugged. At some point it would have to skid along the ground. Those wrestlers could have dragged a 500 pound safe across the ground, if they had done it right.

The other primary evolutionary advantage of humans is their brains. The wrestlers should have used that advantage too, but may have been shortchanged in that department.

Moto

[Sasquatch Jim]

 As for skidding the lion just remember the wrestlers don't have as much toenails to dig in with.
 40 years ago I was anchor man on a ships tug of war team.  I wore my old logging boots with corked soles.
 When the spikes dug in the other teams didn't have a prayer.

[oldbike54]

 I hate it when my tonsils get dug in 

 Dusty

[Scud]

The lion has cleverly initiated a friction point where the rope passes through a tube and takes about a 30-degree bend. Pulling in the direction of the wrestlers requires that they overcome the hard-biting action of the rope into the pipe edge.

[oldbike54]

The lion has cleverly initiated a friction point where the rope passes through a tube and takes about a 30-degree bend. Pulling in the direction of the wrestlers requires that they overcome the hard-biting action of the rope into the pipe edge.

 I noticed that also , it indicates that the lion has the superior intellect in this instance 

 Dusty

[Sasquatch Jim]

  I did not type tonsils, my damn computer is correcting things again without telling me.

[oldbike54]

  I did not type tonsils, my damn computer is correcting things again without telling me.

 Sneaky computer 

 Dusty