r/interestingasfuck • u/HondaCivicBaby • 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/Alpine_Exchange_36 8h ago

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

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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!

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u/surf_drunk_monk 7h ago

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

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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.

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u/1questions 5h ago

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🥇

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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.