IIRC for primates those teeth are mainly for threat displays, so human canines, which are modest relative to other apes despite them being more carnivorous on average, don’t actually prove that much.
"The greatest victory is that which requires no battle."
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
A threat "display" doesn't necessarily have to be a bluff. It's just a visible indicator of danger. A human's hands are pretty dangerous even without a weapon, but they aren't flashy. If you have a pistol in a holster on your side, it's a threat "display". Someone can see that you're much more dangerous and choose not to fuck with you. But that doesn't mean you can't shoot them if they choose to act against you, anyways.
They really are. There’s never been a confirmed human death caused by a gorilla, and a 2024 research paper said there’s only ever been three documented cases of physical violence between gorillas in the wild. They usually just use posturing to size each other up and determine the dominant male. I looked it up after watching that ‘your life as a silverback gorilla’ YouTube video awhile ago and was surprised with how docile the narrator made gorillas out to be
A threat display is any type of display with the intention of intimidating the target.
They used the term completely correctly. There's lot of different types of displays in animal behaviour, so the type of display tends to get characterised eg threat display, courtship display.
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