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Show Man's Brain Proves to Be Superior to Brawn of Jungle Champions , Nature fairly bristles with "Sandows" whose capabilities in the way of strength are almost unbelievable. un-believable. The fighting strength of a full-grown gorilla is estimated to be equal to that possessed by four strong men. Once an alligator gets its teeth into anything it never lets go. One investigator proved this in a convincing con-vincing manner. He thrust a piece of steel, two inches thick, between the jaws of a large alligator. The animal's jaws closed so forcefully .on the metal that two of its teeth shot right through the bony top of its jaw and protruded above the skin. The tremendous strength of such beasts as the elephant and the bear is well known. Man, compared with the lower species, is a creature of puny physical phys-ical power. But in the struggle for survival brains "have proved themselves infinitely superior to brawn. Man's strength, intelligent ly directed, has made him ths master of the world. |