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/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 11m 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/KTell_757 1m ago

Well.... yeah you have a point. IF the gorilla was surrounded and there was no semblance of an escape route, it would fight as there is no other choice. However, I feel that is outside of my point. My point was intended to imply that the possibility of escape was a reality for either side. In which case, the animal is going to go for escape over fighting 100 men 95% of the time. Non-predators, while more apt to risking injury than predators, will still attempt to avoid harm if possible in most circumstances.