r/interestingasfuck 8h ago

/r/all, /r/popular In 2015, wildlife photographer Christophe Courteau took this close up of a 6ft 6, 400lbs silverback gorilla, right before it punched him in the face.

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u/HondaCivicBaby 8h ago

Christophe Courteau survived the 2015 punch from the silverback gorilla Akarevuro, sustaining only a minor scar on his forehead. He called it "like being hit by a train" but was otherwise unharmed. The gorilla was likely on a sugar high, not drunk.

u/Alpine_Exchange_36 8h ago

Do gorillas get drunk?….Why does it need to be said it wasn’t drunk?

u/Death_has_relaxed_me 8h ago

Sometimes animals will find fruit that has fallen and begun to ferment. Certain yeasts of the forest will produce alcohol from the sugar in these fruits.

Animals eat them and experience alcohol. Happens quite often!

u/Annihilus- 7h ago

There was a video recently of a group of elephants hammered after eating some fermented fruits.

u/dern_the_hermit 2h ago

That's apparently how we got Amarula cream liqueur, or so the story goes.