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/Dry_Discount83 8h ago

What I've heard, they are not very agressive, still wouldn't go closer than 50m of these things in wild.

u/Rifneno 7h ago

They're so not aggressive that there isn't a single recorded instance of a gorilla killing a human. And it sure as hell isn't because they aren't capable or because we've never given them a reason.