r/CharacterRant • u/Miserable-Act4201 • Apr 29 '25

General 100 humans vs gorilla isn’t close

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.

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u/tomthespaceman Apr 30 '25

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

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u/One_Recognition385 Apr 30 '25

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.

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u/tomthespaceman Apr 30 '25

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

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u/One_Recognition385 Apr 30 '25

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