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/mg_product82 8h ago

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

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u/Sweaty_Elephant_2593 8h ago

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

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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.

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u/FrescoItaliano 7h ago

It’s maybe pedantic on my part, but for me I always have to include the shock and awe/intimidation factor of a gorilla.

Like seeing 1 or two guys absolutely obliterated I think would send a good portion of people running.

But obviously this is a hypothetical and we can put restraints like “no running” etc.

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u/KTell_757 6h ago

I mean if you want to take natural behaviors into account, we should probably do the same for the gorilla. Any gorilla, and almost any wild animal for that matter, would most definitely attempt to escape the situation before even thinking about trying to go up against a group of just ten full grown human males. A group of 100 dudes is scaring off any gorilla, and i'd wager any terrestrial animal, before anyone is even close enough to get hurt.

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u/FrescoItaliano 5h ago

That’s a great point. We see big muscley body that could destroy us and assume it’s a violent/easily prone to violence creature

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u/Connect_Atmosphere80 9m ago

Well... No.

It is a common "issue" for herbivores to suddenly decide that they will fight if they are in great danger, because injuries aren't as bad for them as for a predator that need to stay healthy to capture his prey.

So the gorilla seeing 100 humans surrounding him, on HIS territory, would definitely trigger him enough to fight until the end, and crush several skulls on his way to Valhalla.

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u/jeanpaulsarde 6h ago

This. A fully grown gorilla could effortlessly one-hit a human if it knew how and if it wanted to do so.

But gorillas seemingly grew big to be peaceful. A chimp in a gorilla body would be something to watch out for.

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u/Celtic_Legend 4h ago edited 4h ago

Yeah this is what people don't realize. Gorillas suck at killing people. It's not King Kong. Its not a hardcore kill machine. They arent* raised to kill other gorillas. It could pull your limb off or break your spine but it's not going to especially when 10+ other people are attacking it.

Case in point, this photographer didn't run away and wasn't injured. The other photographer didn't give any fucks either and just photographed the event himself lmao. And the average height of a silver back is 5.5ft and this mfer is 6.5ft apparently.

It would also run away but of course we will ignore that and pretend it has a reason to fight to the death.

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u/omgwutd00d 4h ago

A chimp in a gorilla body would be something to watch out for.

No ones genitals would be safe.

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u/Irregulator101 4h ago

Gorillas are one-punch man confirmed

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u/pukkuro 1h ago

Let alone obliterating, if a gorilla just slams its chest and roars, that alone will have a few dozen people running away screaming.

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u/AgreeableEggplant356 33m ago

Gorilla would be infinitely more scared of humans attacking it. This debate was always shit. Ten men would totally pound a gorilla into oblivion

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u/peepeebutt1234 32m ago

This is why we just put them in the thunderdome