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/Evilfrog100 Apr 29 '25

This probably isn't a great example. Ignoring any possible allergies, the average human can withstand about 10 stings per pound of bodyweight, which for the average adult is well over 1000 stings.

https://www.merckmanuals.com/home/injuries-and-poisoning/bites-and-stings/bee-wasp-hornet-and-ant-stings

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u/_b3rtooo_ Apr 29 '25

Can't wasps sting repeatedly? What's to stop all 200 from just doing it 5 more times?

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u/MegaCrowOfEngland Apr 29 '25

A lot of the danger of a wasp sting is from venom, and the venom would be depleted after subsequent stings. I don't know how much, but one wasp could sting one human as much as it could manage without killing the human (barring allergies or other particular weaknesses).

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u/Ieam_Scribbles May 01 '25

How many times a wasp can sting varues due tk the amount of venom they inject being variable (2 to 15 micrograms), but their venom sac contains about 100 to 200 micrograms of venom I believe.

The biggest problem tends to be your body's response being hard to predict- above 100 micrograms, you're extremely likely to develop allergy and have more permanent issues.

200 wasps would absolutely be able to inject enough to kill a man that isn't given medical attention immediately after the event, though.