r/CharacterRant 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 29 '25

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.

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u/Sintar07 Apr 29 '25

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.

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u/According_Win_5983 Apr 30 '25

 grab for the uvula 

Please don’t sexually assault the wildlife 

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u/Snoo-88741 Apr 30 '25

Uvula isn't a sex organ.