Men vs Gorilla : Hilariously misplaced confidence

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Apparently today, all over the internet, there are people arguing whether we men—we humans—could fight a grown gorilla. I have no idea how this debate started, but I find it hilarious that people are even having it.

The point is that we tend to think of ourselves as the superior species a little too much. Yes, it’s obvious we’re the brightest creatures on this globe (although even that’s debated), but there’s absolutely no indication we made it to the top of the pyramid through physical prowess.

In fact, we know that, comparatively, we are magnitudes weaker than modern-day primates. A chimpanzee, although smaller in mass and size, is so strong we can’t even imagine what it would feel like to possess that kind of power.

To me, this debate illustrates a ridiculous sense of misplaced confidence. The idea that there are men out there who would be willing to battle a silverback gorilla because they think they stand a chance—it’s hilarious.

Not even the strongest punch or kick a human could muster would bother the gorilla much. Honestly, I’m willing to say that the best a man could do against a silverback is make it angrier.

There’s a video somewhere—shouldn’t be too hard to find—where a girl playfully begins pounding her chest, imitating the gorillas at the zoo. Who knows what that gesture means in gorilla language, but one of them didn’t like it. It launched itself at the bulletproof glass and cracked it with one blow.

The debate has since evolved. It seems the initial ridiculous idea—that one man stood a chance—is now only held by a very small and confident few. So now they’re proposing 100 men vs. a gorilla, to even the odds.

Simulations have been made for this epic battle, and I can’t stop laughing. They still think there’s a way to take down a full-grown gorilla barehanded.

I wonder what Darwin would write in his notebook now...

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Massively sad - gorillas are generally gentle and sometimes timid creatures, even silverbacks. They are incredibly strong, one researcher reported a silverback preventing a two-ton hydraulic door from closing by holding it open with one finger.

https://youtube.com/shorts/EZCSnNVhuoQ?si=lGi8pthb6WR5H5nz

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Well Shani.. maybe, if you sneak from the back, while I distract it, you can land a good punch in the back of the neck and knock one out.

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I would never do that, why would I? I can think of far more deserving humans, not naming any names ... 😂

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Just another form of escapism imagining something not realistic for distraction and entertainment. I have seen those video games where you can assemble an army of Romans and put them against group of tigers or some such. Pretty funny but why people are thinking about this in real life is silly. Billionaires vs gorillas I would pay to watch however!

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"The point is that we tend to think of ourselves as the superior species a little too much."

Nope. I'm an old disabled man, and I can take a gorilla mano y mano, without a doubt. I know this because I have been a hunter all my life. More than that I am a student of human origins, and know that human species have specialized in the largest, most dangerous prey since humans existed. ~100kya, with nothing but pointy sticks, men tackled Palaeoloxodon antiquus, the largest elephant that ever walked. The bones tell the tale. Men preferred the biggest bulls, because they provided the best payout for the same work. A single mammoth, only ~1/4 the mass of P. antiquus, provided ~4k meals of ~4kcal each. Essentially one quick killing thrust and a lithe escape, a moments parlous danger and Olympian skill, and a village of 100 people can eat for a month.

As an aside, we today really don't know what wealth is, which you compare that to our lives slaving away for fiat now.

Innawoods I have faced every game animal and predator in N. America alone, and every one of them ran, hid, and slinked away. They know the truth about men. We are the alpha predator on Earth.

The gorilla wouldn't stand a chance.

Thanks!

Edit: also, I would not go against a mouse empty handed. We are men, not beasts. What we are is tool users, and I would make a tool, even just a pointy stick, that would decide our fate.

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well, with the proper weapon that makes sense. The debate is about going bare handed. Face to face battle.

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Because I grew up hunting I would not abandon the lessons I learned by it. I am not an animal without the advantages men have, that are what make us the alpha predators the fearsome fear. That would be silly, indeed.

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Here's a man who took on gorillas and survived. The secret is not to try and fight them. Even a small one could rip your arms off.

Humans are not the strongest or quickest animals. Okay, so we have weapons, but most people could not make much more than a pointed stick.

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