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I think the article said she’s 10kg but it didn’t say the size of the former alpha male. I wish they had mentioned the size difference for comparison, that’s in
by elliekelly 5y ago
I think the article said she’s 10kg but it didn’t say the size of the former alpha male. I wish they had mentioned the size difference for comparison, that’s interesting!
- gambiting 5y agoWell it does say that she roughed up the previous alpha male, so presumably she's at least similar in size/strength.
- tokai 5y agoShe's also 22 years younger than him.
- eadmund 5y agoYou inspired me to the lifespan of Japanese macaques, and it is 27 years; the previous alpha male was 31 years old, which suggests to me that he must have been pretty over the hill. Given that she is smaller than the average male macaque, I imagine that this is not a terribly stable situation.
- ipspam 5y agoInteresting. What are the odds they can set up a livestream so we can watch macaque fight club? I love a good underdog.
- erhk 5y agoI heard yakei was doping, and that she had metal studs implanted in her knuckles
- Blikkentrekker 5y agoA good point; it's entirely possible that this is only a very temporary challenger, who will soon be challenged again, and be defeated.
- labster 5y agoThere should be an anime adaptation of this story: Sukeban Saru
- rory 5y agoOh wow I missed that, thanks for catching. Given these are Japanese macaques, it looks like typical m/f size difference is more like ~32%, not ~45%, and 10kg puts her larger than the average female, but smaller than the average male. Would be interested in the former alpha males size too, but it's probably safe to assume he was bigger! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_macaque