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100 men vs 1 silverback gorilla

Deepster said:
The average orangutan is 5 ft tall and 110-200 lbs so half the weight of a gorilla and nowhere near the muscular structure. It's behind a cage, not even trying and this guy can't get away.

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Not relevant to your point, but the guy asked for a hug and the orangutan complied. It's not like the orangutan is trying to bite him.
 
TerryBoyz said:
This tactic, plus the frequent use of the high hedge would guarantee a victory
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The high hedge is a very underrated tactic in gorilla warfare.
 


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uconndogs said:
I feel kind of ashamed that I clicked on this thread and read through some of the posts, but I really couldn't help myself......
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Oh, yeah, forgot.......my money is on the gorilla! I don't know why.
 
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100 men (i.e. at least 18,000lbs) piling onto a gorilla would suffocate it.
 
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Deepster said:
I love the "just poke his eyes out" angle. Like the first dude is going to walk up like Moe from the Three Stooges and doink him in the eyes and it's game over.

Realistically, the first 10 or 20 that tried to bum rush the gorilla and do that would be torn to shreds. And then you assume the blind gorilla just rolls over when, he's more likely to go in full survival mode, get even more juiced up with adrenaline and massacre anything it gets it paws on. Sure. It may end up being successful, but there's going to be a huge clean up on Aisle 8 when it's over.
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I mean, that is the whole game, right?

We all agree at a certain point, enough humans would kill a gorilla. It's a game to find n=?
 
Chin Diesel said:
I mean, that is the whole game, right?

We all agree at a certain point, enough humans would kill a gorilla. It's a game to find n=?
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I really think that comes down to the human. 100 Yarders wouldn't stand a chance and I would spend my early time in the fight, shoving Dove towards the gorilla. You give me 100 MMA fighters and I think, absolutely, they could win.
 
First of all, gorillas don’t normally prey on humans, this isn’t a fake Tarzan movie. To make this thing fair it would be 100 men in an enclosed cage with a polar bear, no weapons.
Alternatively, 100 men in an enclosed ocean cage with a great white shark.
My money is on the animals.
 
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jibsey said:
First of all, gorillas don’t normally prey on humans, this isn’t a fake Tarzan movie. To make this thing fair it would be 100 men in an enclosed cage with a polar bear, no weapons.
Alternatively, 100 men in an enclosed ocean cage with a great white shark.
My money is on the animals.
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Omg why is everyone trying to overthink this whole thing? 100 men vs a Gorilla. No weapons. It’s a hypothetical.
 
CardiacAndre7 said:
Omg why is everyone trying to overthink this whole thing? 100 men vs a Gorilla. No weapons. It’s a hypothetical.
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It's a silly hypothetical...

Overthinking is the whole point.
 
superjohn said:


Gorillas are more overrated than the Kansas basketball team last season. This would've been a better debate if it was vs far fewer men or vs a predatory animal instead of a gorilla.
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Like i said previously. 100 men may win out due to exhaustion. 5 big strong men get shredded.
 
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Ripped off a woman's face and fingers, had been downered on Xanax tea, stabbed with a kitchen knife, hit with a shovel, cops shot it 4 times and didn't kill him right away....
 
No weapons? Not a chance the more people, the more of a blood bath.
 
I got a gorilla guy (sounds funny to say) and I asked him the question. My friend is the gorilla and chimpanzee guy at the Lincoln Park zoo in Chicago and he lived alone with gorillas in Mbeli Bai in the Republic of Congo for 1 year. He knows people who have been bitten and or lost hands to gorillas but that's mostly been when trying to habituate them because gorillas are conflict averse. Elephants were his bigger concern when he was in Mbeli Bai. He was in some iffy situations with gorillas in the wild but only actually felt death was a real possibility once or twice when running from elephants. The girl who took over for him was trampled and killed by an elephant a month after taking the position.

Here she is...


His answer to the 100 men vs 1 Silverback question- "Gorillas tend not to want to fight unless they are defending their females/kids, but going with the hypothetical, 100 relatively athletic men relentlessly working together should win even against a prime aged Silverback, though there would be many human casualties. If the guys all do their own thing and/or panic or run when seeing what's happening the gorilla's odds go up. If they stay and continue they should win. 100 is a lot of people."
 
temery said:
Humans don't have the, "I am an ant and I'm willing to die for my community" philosophy. The silverback will tear them to shreds one at a time and most will just run away.
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This is the answer.

Whatever grand scheme they concoct would be abandoned the moment the gorilla tears a limb from the first victim and beats victim #2 over the head with it.
 
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superjohn said:
His answer to the 100 men vs 1 Silverback question- "Gorillas tend not to want to fight unless they are defending their females/kids, but going with the hypothetical, 100 relatively athletic men relentlessly working together should win even against a prime aged Silverback, though there would be many human casualties. If the guys all do their own thing and/or panic or run when seeing what's happening the gorilla's odds go up. If they stay and continue they should win. 100 is a lot of people."
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Interesting. I don't have nearly the faith in humanity as your primatologist friend does.
 
Sorry for being gruesome but after the first couple of men get their limbs torn off then the next wave will be able to improvise stabbing weapons. Broken and shattered bones are very sharp.
Also, if it is truly a “fight to the death” then it is silly to state that the men would quit when someone’s head is ripped off
 
huskyharry said:
Sorry for being gruesome but after the first couple of men get their limbs torn off then the next wave will be able to improvise stabbing weapons. Broken and shattered bones are very sharp.
Also, if it is truly a “fight to the death” then it is silly to state that the men would quit when someone’s head is ripped off
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Chase it around for a few hours first get it very worn down before circling it. It’s not going to square up on 100 men, it’ll run.
 
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