Do animals with the highest testosterone level's have the largest muscles?

Subject: Do animals with the highest testosterone level's have the largest muscles?

Date: Sun Oct 1 05:41:03 2006
Posted by Asim
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Why do some animals develop such incredible muscle mass? Is it because such 
animals produce extremely large amounts of testosterone per day?

Gorillas have considerably more muscle mass than a normal human. Is this 
because they naturally produce more testosterone?

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