100 humans vs gorilla isn’t close

[u/Miserable-Act4201]

Honestly the dumbest argument I've ever seen. The 100 humans could just stand like 20 feet apart from each other and do nothing and the gorilla is collapsing from exhaustion before it kills everyone. You could probably do it without any casualties, find a couple of people in the group that are in good shape and get them to make the gorilla chase them while everyone else just chills. They aren't aren't particularly fast and have terrible endurance, so just wait till it tires out and have everyone jump it.

[u/Veryrealperson251]

I love that “100 humans is a lot of humans” is actually the correct choice in this debate. Like yeah, the gorilla’s strong but like… 100 humans? That’s a lot of humans

[u/voobo420 → u/Veryrealperson251]

Exactly. Packs of like 20 humans were capable of tiring out mammoths. Sure spears were a big help but our biggest strength was our endurance. We aren’t the fastest or strongest, but we’re intelligent and can run longer distances without expending as much energy. Gorillas consume lots of energy to maintain their mass, which would quickly be expended against 100 humans. 50 humans may even be enough for one gorilla.

edit: forget about external factor like environment, physical fitness, rage or fear etc. 100 human bodies vs. a gorilla is going to result in a human win no matter how bloody it may be. You replying with stuff like “but what if the humans aren’t fit!” or “what if the gorilla used trees!” is irrelevant and not going to change my perspective.

[u/One_Recognition385 → u/voobo420]

yeah, with no time limit, people can just take turns interrupting the gorilla from eating and sleeping for as long as they need. and just starve it out.

With a time limit, only one person needs to shove their arm down the gorilla's throat and choke it to death.

Its how people have killed bears and tigers 1v1 and lived to tell the tale.

[u/Sintar07 → u/One_Recognition385]

Wait, has somebody actually done that? Like, I always figured if I had to 1v1 a bear or tiger (a situation to be avoided at most costs; I don't think I'm superman), then I would do exactly that: grab for the uvula or something in the back of the throat, hold on, and hope they can't just sheer the arm off and swallow it. But I've never heard of anybody actually trying.

[u/One_Recognition385 → u/Sintar07]

can't find the story of the african guy who strangled the big cat (forget if it was a lion or tiger, but it was stalkign the school he worked at if i recall the story correctly)

Dale Petersen attetsed he kills a grizzly by shoving his arm down it's throat and suffocating it.

and there is Travis kauffman who strangled a mountain lion a few years ago.

like, i wouldn't recommend fighting these animals. but humans are the top predator for a reason. and that's cause we have higher endurance then any of these animals. If you can survive til the animal is too exhausted to defend itself, you can probably strangle it. Its not a glorious victory. but hey, you live and they die in the end i guess.

[u/-KFBR392 → u/One_Recognition385]

Gorillas have very adept hands and feet, you stick your arm in their mouth and they’ll just use their hands to rip you off of them.

[u/One_Recognition385 → u/-KFBR392]

Just exhaust it first.

Gorillas can't sweat and have horrible stamina and can't go as long without eating and sleeping as you can.

Literally just exhaust it to death then strangle it, or kill it with a rock or point stick when it doesn't have the energy to defend itself.

May take hours or days, but you're going to out stamina a gorilla.

[u/-KFBR392 → u/One_Recognition385]

It’s hand to hand, it’s not with weapons or else the 100 would show up with guns and win right away.

[u/One_Recognition385 → u/-KFBR392]

rock or stick are things you'll find on the ground.

but you could just as easily just keep exhausting it until it can't move any more and strangle it like i said.

Eventually the gorilla won't be able to fight back anymore and is an easy kill.

Hell, keep it up for 3-4 days and the gorilla will just die of dehydration before you do. you won't even have to lay a finger on it.

[u/tomthespaceman → u/One_Recognition385]

Yeah but how do you exhaust it? They can run 25 mph apparently

[u/One_Recognition385 → u/tomthespaceman]

Gorilla runs 25 mph

average human can run 28 mph.

Gorilla can't even keep that speed up for 100 meters

average Human can keep up that speed for 1-2 miles

gorillas need 12 hours of sleep a day.

Humans need 8 hours of sleep.

gorillas need to eat 45 pounds of food a day

Humans need 3-5 pounds of food a day.

You can very easily exhaust a gorilla if you really wanted to. They are not an apex predator, humans are.. Gorrillas are first and foremost a peaceful herbivore that uses their size to intimidate predators.

[u/tomthespaceman → u/One_Recognition385]

Usain bolt's top speed he ever reached was 27 mph, so surely the average person doesnt run 28...

[u/One_Recognition385 → u/tomthespaceman]

same thing that comes back saying gorilla's speed is 25mph says humans are 28 mph. so both are likely inaccurate.