Who is more motivated?

I wonder which one of these two has greater motivation/incentive to hold it:

You've goat to be kiddin'?!

Gymnast vs. Orangutan

Hanging any which way but loose....


The previous post reminded me of this video, posted on Gymnastics Coaching.com 3 years ago:





Pound for pound, gymnasts are the strongest human athletes on the planet.

I'm so glad Marshal Erwin didn't get bored and decide to tinkle in the middle of a heated contest.

Monkey Giants

I wonder if a monkey like this would be trainable in doing other skills, including stuff that would be physiologically impossible for a human:



Take him to a pit- dismounts, release-catches...


Notice the wrist shift?  The shortening of the body over the top?


Definitely a candidate for a one-arm release to a one-arm catch.







Gymnastics Coaching.com  has a related post of interest, from 3 years ago:

A Dutch zoo called in the services of an Olympic gymnast to re-teach orangutans how to climb trees in their enclosure.

The zoo Ouwehands Dierenpark Rhenen, located in the centre of the country, said it had renovated the enclosure to allow the orangutans to swing from tree to tree in an outdoor setting above the public — but they’ve forgotten the skill of climbing.
Olympian Epke Zonderland showed the orangutans his skills in the hope of re-teaching them how to swing.

‘It was very funny to teach the monkeys today, I didn’t have any experience with those animals to train, and I was very curious if they would copy me, but I think they did their best,’ Zonderland said. …

Big Pond

From the looks of the video, it seems Epke has more to learn from the beasts.

Straddle planche press to doggy stand

6 years ago on my old blog, I posted this video:



Now comes the sequel:



If that pup can do a straddle planche press, why can't the girls?  Maybe I should put out a dish of food in front of them as well?

I guess it probably helps to have a big, bobble-sized head.

I also recall a video of a dog doing an inadvertent flyaway off a tree branch....

Looked better than some intentional human flyaways, I've seen.