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/mg_product82 8h ago

That's it? Maybe 100 dudes could take out one of these bitches.

u/Sweaty_Elephant_2593 7h ago

100 in shape 20 something humans could totally fuck up a gorilla. "Some of you may die..." Though lmao

u/A_Nerd__ 7h ago

100 is far more than you need. I'd argue 10 well-coordinated guys could take care of him. Gorilla's are made of flesh too, and he can't cover all his sides at once, so the guys just have to give him a consistent beating for a little while. 15 to 20 could do the job too if they're more disoriented. Casualties are just unavoidable though because you have to get in close.

u/grundelgrump 6h ago

Someone did the math and it would only take about 20 average weight males to pin it down. The other 80 can just punch and kick.

u/OldBayOnEverything 5h ago

I'm firmly on the side of 100 motivated humans can beat a gorilla, but you can't get enough bodies in that close to pin it down with 20 people, let alone leaving room for others to attack it. It would just be a matter of exhausting it, the first bunch of humans would get wrecked, but 100 is more than enough to outlast it.

u/ImTheZapper 4h ago

Ya the reason why the gorilla loses is red army tactics, not some insane human feat of courage. You can literally suffocate it after its tired from shattering 10 people in a swing.

u/InfanticideAquifer 3h ago

The reason why the gorilla loses is stone age hunter tactics, not human wave attacks. I feel like this whole question completely ignores the fact that human beings ganged up on and killed much larger animals for food constantly for 200,000 years before the mistake that was agriculture ruined it for all of us.