Physical Strength male/female in the animal kingdom...

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

Biological human males have roughly a 40% increased upper body strength compared to biological human females. But are there major difference in strength in the animal kingdom? Are male horses stronger? Are male monkeys stronger?

[midnite rule]

I think that’s usually the case with mammals, but in many bird species the females are larger than the males.

[ʙᴜɴ.ᴇ]

yes there is a lot of fighting among male animals to be alpha male, happens with lions, gorillas, etc, the males are all stronger than the females.

I know in Rabbits the females are larger than the males and are usually more aggressive and territorial than the males.

[Grynn]

I think it just comes down to what kind of animal. Like if they're herbivore or carnivore, pack animal or solitary, insect, mammal, etc.

The animal kingdom is very diverse and thats a broad question when comparing one species to countless others.

[AdahnGorion]

There is plenty of animals that has the female larger (people already showcased it here) and I dare say that there is also a lot of sexual dismorphism in the world..

[Grynn]

Originally posted by tiny E:

With insects and fish the females are typically way bigger.

Insects even more so, because with several species (two that I can think of off hand) the females eat the males.

Yeah. Should look at the deep sea anglerfish male/female size comparison. Also their mating, very strange.
Nothing good happens in the deep ocean, only horror.

[Rio]

Female spiders are usually bigger.

[Rio]

Originally posted by tiny E:

Originally posted by UnityAngel:

mantis ?

Another one where the girl eats the boy.

Theres a whole game about it.

https://store.steampowered.com/app/723890/Dont_Make_Love/

[Grynn]

Originally posted by ⛧Pernicious⛧:

Female spiders are usually bigger.

Don't black widow spiders eat their mate?
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Also OP, spotted hyena clans are matriarchal where the females are larger and dominate the males.

[Dracoco OwO]

Reptiles are kinda weird in that aspect because you have snakes of a certain species where the male is bigger and others where it's the female that is bigger.

[Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at 🃏]

Physical Strength male/female in the animal kingdom...

You're just talking averages, though, OP.

There's plenty of human females that are stronger than the average human male.

Not most of them - no; percentage-wise they're still a minority but with a sample size as large as 7.5 billion, there's plenty who deviate from the statistical expectations.


iirc, there are certain species where, on average, the females are actually stronger, but I forget which one(s).
Like, I typically don't care what jellyfish ladies or hyena ladies are like because... I'm not a jellyfish, hyena, or any of those other animals.

[Radene]

*checks the OP*

Yup, report it is.

[Dracoco OwO]

We do not speak about female Hyenas.

[Nomad]

Why are all alpha males such dumb twerps. Always acting like mma cage fighters. What a bunch of dorks.

[Radene]

Originally posted by TRASH:

Why are all alpha males such dumb twerps. Always acting like mma cage fighters. What a bunch of dorks.

I'd ask them, but I wouldn't expect a coherent answer...

[Pronoun Paladin ☯]

Originally posted by Kiddiec͕̤̱͋̿͑͠at:

Physical Strength male/female in the animal kingdom...

You're just talking averages, though, OP.

There's plenty of human females that are stronger than the average human male.

Not most of them - no; percentage-wise they're still a minority but with a sample size as large as 7.5 billion, there's plenty who deviate from the statistical expectations.


iirc, there are certain species where, on average, the females are actually stronger, but I forget which one(s).
Like, I typically don't care what jellyfish ladies or hyena ladies are like because... I'm not a jellyfish, hyena, or any of those other animals.


:seewhatyoudid:

No, I'm not talking averages. Biologically men are physically stronger. We have different composition in bone density, different amounts of slow/fast twitch muscles.

And of course there are always going to be people who deviate from statistical expectations.