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100 men vs 1 silverback gorilla

Deepster said:
The only way I give the humans a shot is if you could assemble 100 navy seals or MMA fighters skilled in muy thai and hand to hand combat, with the mental makeup of not running when the guy in front of you has his head torn off his body.
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Just had my first Muy Thai class last week and the instructor did not waste any time. My god sore for 5 days. Not signing up for the gorilla though.
 
BlueandOG said:
Slight modification to the original question: who wins, a silverback gorilla or Chuck Norris?
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assuming the silverback isn't 150 years old I'm going with the silverback. There is nothing Chuck Norris could do other than annoy a silverback.
 
TheRealKBuks said:
I hate to be this guy but I can't help it. Its a huge misconception that fast twitch fibers help you perform movements faster, that isn't the case. A better term for fast twitch vs slow twitch would be fast fatigue vs slow fatigue. Slow twitch fibers are like your postural muscles that are always working to keep you upright.
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Good feedback. I might add the average Silverback strike force is between 1300 to 2700 pounds. Average human 214 pounds. The hardest bone breaks at 900, while organs bleed at around 1600, only around 100 psi to break skin.
 
If you can find 60-70 well trained men willing to die a very brutal death for the cause the 100 men may have a chance.

The only possibility would be to completely exhaust the gorilla and then send quite a few waves of men at him to finish him off. With that it may not be possible as this would have to be a fight to the death and without weapons, I'm not sure humans could kill the gorilla. Attempts at strangulation or suffocation would likely be futile as humans wouldn't have the needed strength once survival mode kicked in on the gorilla.
 
Deepster said:
The argument sweeping the internet right now is the original tweet got 180 million views.

Who would win in a fight to the death?
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The Gorilla ... knocked 4 of us down in one friendly swipe ... but I still held on to the camera

 
REB1094 said:
Is Cam Spencer one of the 100 men?

If not, no way
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If it was Cam one on one versus a silverback I'm not saying he'd win, but I wouldn't bet against him. And I'm about 90% confident that, no matter what the outcome, Cam would have talked a whole lot of sh.i.t to the gorilla either one of them came out on top.
 
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These are dumb. If as stated, the men have no tools weapons or protection the 100 men win every time.

Why? Because the question is silent on the rules of engagement. The 100 me could just leave and one of them would be guaranteed to outlive the gorilla as they have a life expectancy roughly half that of humans.

Cheating you say? Nope, that's the point of these memes. It's always a trick question.

If 100 men were to meet the gorilla in the wild, then the men would use their environment to prevail through the use of sticks, traps, rocks, etc. The gorilla surrounded by 100 asailents would eventually flee because it doesn't know the game. That would give the men a greater advantage to fight at a time of their choosing after significant preparation. This is literally how the human race survived.

Only in a barren sealed cage would the gorilla have a chance at outlasting 100 men.
 
It would probably be the equivalent of one strong man going up against one hundred 8 year old boys in a fight. If it's out in the open the Silverback and the man would take off. If forced into an enclosure and survival to the death the sheer volume of men would eventually overtake the Silverback and same for the 8 year old boys eventually overtaking the man.
 
SubbaBub said:
These are dumb. If as stated, the men have no tools weapons or protection the 100 men win every time.

Why? Because the question is silent on the rules of engagement. The 100 me could just leave and one of them would be guaranteed to outlive the gorilla as they have a life expectancy roughly half that of humans.

Cheating you say? Nope, that's the point of these memes. It's always a trick question.

If 100 men were to meet the gorilla in the wild, then the men would use their environment to prevail through the use of sticks, traps, rocks, etc. The gorilla surrounded by 100 asailents would eventually flee because it doesn't know the game. That would give the men a greater advantage to fight at a time of their choosing after significant preparation. This is literally how the human race survived.

Only in a barren sealed cage would the gorilla have a chance at outlasting 100 men.
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99 men running away is not an option. I said fight to the death.
 
superjohn said:
It would probably be the equivalent of one strong man going up against one hundred 8 year old boys in a fight. If it's out in the open the Silverback and the man would take off. If forced into an enclosure and survival to the death the sheer volume of men would eventually overtake the Silverback and same for the 8 year old boys eventually overtaking the man.
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Not quite.

The physical makeup of the gorilla is the difference here. The thickness of their bones and skull. Thickness of their skin and muscle. Bite force. Grip force. All that makes the difference between a gorilla and a human far greater than an adult and an 8 yr old boy.
 
Deepster said:
The only way I give the humans a shot is if you could assemble 100 navy seals or MMA fighters skilled in muy thai and hand to hand combat, with the mental makeup of not running when the guy in front of you has his head torn off his body.
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Agreed. Sufficiently capable hand to hand combat humans would win. 100 random dudes would not.

But it's silly. We can pick up rocks and sticks and so we would. So would the gorilla.
 
Deepster said:
The silverback has a better shot of hitting my riser.
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Well, I mean he's got the fast twitch muscles. A silver back would totally kill your riser.
 
So, after thinking about this, if it were modern humans, I'm betting on the gorilla, but if it were primitive humans who were used to hunting and needed to defeat the gorilla to survive, I'm betting on the humans.
 
CL82 said:
So, after thinking about this, if it were modern humans, I'm betting on the gorilla, but if it were primitive humans who were used to hunting and needed to defeat the gorilla to survive, I'm betting on the humans.
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How about a primitive gorilla? ... gorillas have been modernized too
 
Deepster said:
99 men running away is not an option. I said fight to the death.
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You've never seen two boxers circle each other? If the gorilla only has to kill one man then it's not a fight at all.

If you insist on a colessium gladiator game, then some of the men will outlast the gorilla because the gorilla will eventually tire enough for the men to kill it.
 
Is Chuck Norris part of the 100? Otherwise if the silverback rips the arms off one, maybe 60 turn around and run and Vegas moves the odds up on the silverback.
 
temery said:
if the 14th guy in line is told the same thing, "just go for the eyes", and he sees the first 13 pulled to shreds, he'll piss his pants and run.
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No pants allowed apparently...
 
CL82 said:
Have they?
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Yes they have, here's one reference, but please do your own research

How are wild gorillas habituated to people? - Berggorilla & Regenwald Direkthilfe e.V.

How are wild gorillas habituated to people?​

Normally, gorillas are very shy. If they detect a person, even from a great distance, they often flee. Therefore habituating them to the presence (for behavioural observation or tourism) of humans is a very lengthy process. It usually takes several years. During this time, people approach the animals very carefully and spend increasing periods of time with them. Most important is that the silverback leading the group accepts the presence of people. Only when this has been achieved, can researchers or tourists start visiting the gorillas.

Such a habituation has certain risks for gorillas and humans. Very important is the danger of disease transmission. The gorillas do not avoid poachers any more as soon as they have lost their fear and therefore are easy to hunt; moreover, they raid the fields of the local population.
 
SubbaBub said:
You've never seen two boxers circle each other? If the gorilla only has to kill one man then it's not a fight at all.

If you insist on a colessium gladiator game, then some of the men will outlast the gorilla because the gorilla will eventually tire enough for the men to kill it.
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Interesting take.

What about the humans make you think they'd outlast the gorilla? Other than their weaker muscular makeup, horrible diet, excess of body fat and much, much worse cardiovascular condition?
 
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