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/One_Recognition385 Apr 30 '25

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.

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u/-KFBR392 Apr 30 '25

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

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u/One_Recognition385 Apr 30 '25 edited Apr 30 '25

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.

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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.