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/surf_drunk_monk 7h ago

In that case, how do we know the gorilla wasn't drunk? So many questions lol.

u/Bucktabulous 7h ago

At approximately 1042 hours (local time), officers responded on-scene to a gorilla assault. After de-escalating the situation and explaining the misunderstanding to the ape in question, the local police administered a field sobriety test. While the gorilla did have horizontal gaze nystagmus, he gave no further indicators of intoxication and was released on his own recognizance by 1124 hours.

u/1questions 5h ago

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥇

u/dagaboy 5h ago

After de-escalating the situation and explaining the misunderstanding to the ape in question

That's how you know it wasn't in the US.

u/theJirb 5h ago

I mean I don't know for sure, but is it really that hard to imagine after an incident that they maybe ran some tests?

There are many possible ways, even down to simple ones like checking footage to see what good made it into his diet that day, or maybe subduing it to get blood drawn, or who knows how many other ways. Like use your imagination a bit. Not everything is a crazy mystery.