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100 men vs 1 silverback gorilla

StllH8L8ner said:
The gorilla would be Arnold.

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I remember that movie. I love the fact that they are two guys shooting, and they are ignored while all the security guards are focused on trying to fight Schwarzenegger.

"Hey that guy just shot Steve!"
"Never mind that we have an unarmed demand that we all should immediately try to gang tackle."
 
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Matrim55 said:
Grizzly and it's not close.

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Yeah i never understood the Grizzly v Gorilla thing. Grizzly are far bigger and are basically a biological death machine with an insane bite and razor sharp massive claws. As far as 100 men v a gorilla goes all 100 cannot attack at once but if the men are determined enough the gorilla will tire. Problem is how many men would be left to finish him off by reigning down fists and stomping him to death? Also someone said go for the eyes. They dont understand the utter rage and fight being blinded would unleash from that animal. This would have to be a brutal war of attrition that would be a horror to see. I think eventually numbers win out but these men would all have to be big powerful humans. No 5`8 160lb man will be able to generate enough force to wear down such a powerful animal. I think in the end the animal goes down more so from exhaustion and is then vulnerable to being finished off by whoever is left.
 
Huskyforlife said:
I wanna live inside the head of anyone who takes the human side in this debate. To surround the it, some amount of men are going to have to sacrifice their lives, and good luck convincing any average dude with a normal future to be the sacrifice.
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I hear you. I think that's a very "realistic" view of a pretty "unrealistic" scenario. If you want to make the argument for the humans, they're all ready to die a very gruesome death to accomplish the task and that's not very realistic. It'd be human nature to run for the hills after watching a gorilla rip off limbs and bite the face off the guy next to you.
 
Deepster said:
I hear you. I think that's a very "realistic" view of a pretty "unrealistic" scenario. If you want to make the argument for the humans, they're all ready to die a very gruesome death to accomplish the task and that's not very realistic. It'd be human nature to run for the hills after watching a gorilla rip off limbs and bite the face off the guy next to you.
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Possibly true. It's also possibly true that a gorilla seeing 100 naked guys running at him would think "I have no idea what this is, but I don't want any part of it."
 
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CL82 said:
Possibly true. It's also possibly true that a gorilla seeing 100 naked guys running at him would think "I have no idea what this is, but I don't want any part of it."
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good point. The humans would have to catch him first.
 
Deepster said:
I hear you. I think that's a very "realistic" view of a pretty "unrealistic" scenario. If you want to make the argument for the humans, they're all ready to die a very gruesome death to accomplish the task and that's not very realistic. It'd be human nature to run for the hills after watching a gorilla rip off limbs and bite the face off the guy next to you.
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I don’t see the fun in the question if you take away the human psychology, but it is a different question if the humans don’t have any fear or capability of critical thought.

CL82 said:
Possibly true. It's also possibly true that a gorilla seeing 100 naked guys running at him would think "I have no idea what this is, but I don't want any part of it."
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I’m sure the gorilla would be afraid if it was surrounded and couldn’t run away, but once it’s cornered, it’s not gonna just lay down and give up. If the question was “could 100 humans scare a gorilla into running away,” I’m sure they could with proper preparation.
 
Gimme the humans.

First 30-40 are toast and will be mauled but eventually the gorilla tires and the humans stomp it to death.

AI agrees with me.

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By eliminating weapons you are eliminating the humans greatest asset, intelligence. They use this intelligence to develop the weapons. The silverbacks greatest asset is strength. If you eliminate weapons then it needs to be balanced by eliminating the silverbacks strength.
 
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TheChamps990411 said:
Yeah i never understood the Grizzly v Gorilla thing. Grizzly are far bigger and are basically a biological death machine with an insane bite and razor sharp massive claws. As far as 100 men v a gorilla goes all 100 cannot attack at once but if the men are determined enough the gorilla will tire. Problem is how many men would be left to finish him off by reigning down fists and stomping him to death? Also someone said go for the eyes. They dont understand the utter rage and fight being blinded would unleash from that animal. This would have to be a brutal war of attrition that would be a horror to see. I think eventually numbers win out but these men would all have to be big powerful humans. No 5`8 160lb man will be able to generate enough force to wear down such a powerful animal. I think in the end the animal goes down more so from exhaustion and is then vulnerable to being finished off by whoever is left.
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It would probably take around 5 Tom Haviland's to take out a Silverback with his bare hands. Not sure about a Grizzly/Kodiak/Polar bear...

 
Chin Diesel said:
Gimme the humans.

First 30-40 are toast and will be mauled but eventually the gorilla tires and the humans stomp it to death.

AI agrees with me.

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I don’t know the answer but I question the comments that the gorilla would tire easily. I think the first 20 humans get mauled before it breaks a sweat.

6 feet tall. 400 lbs and capable of lifting 10 times its own weight. Grabbing a guy and squashing his skull is like you or I squashing a ripe cantaloupe.
 
I'm not sure it's possible for 100 men to grab onto Magilla all at the same time. Maybe 10 men at first? I'm lining up in the back so when I see the first wave of 10, 20, 30 men ripped apart, I'm high-tailing it out of here.

You could have 10 waves of 10 linebackers charge at the gorilla and give him their best shot. That's gotta do some damage. Or Rugby players if going without equipment. Unless it's a Jujitsu Gorilla. Then he definitely gets the edge.

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Another item to think about is how would you kill the gorilla? I don’t know if a human punch or kick is strong enough to damage its skull. I think you’d have to smother or strangle it.
 
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Kitaman said:
I'll take the humans because we're not wimps when touching cold water like this.

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You've never seen my brother getting in a pool with 78 degree water then, and you're probably better for it.
 
Deepster said:
I don’t know the answer but I question the comments that the gorilla would tire easily. I think the first 20 humans get mauled before it breaks a sweat.

6 feet tall. 400 lbs and capable of lifting 10 times its own weight. Grabbing a guy and squashing his skull is like you or I squashing a ripe cantaloupe.
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No need to debate me. I'm merely a conduit of information for others. Argue with the computers.
 
JohnFSilver said:
The gorilla gets stomped to death. 100 men? It will take out some along the way, but eventually it will succomb.
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So your gameplan would be let some dudes sacrifice themselves to create an opening? How are you convincing anyone to do that?
 
I also feel like a lot of people ignore the lack of space for the men to work with. Maybe 10 max can fit in the space directly around the thing, he’s not fighting 100 at once.
 
JohnFSilver said:
The gorilla gets stomped to death. 100 men? It will take out some along the way, but eventually it will succomb.
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I don’t think so, with your bare hands how you going to injure it? Punch, kick, try and pull its limbs, jump on it? Only a few people at a time could attack at once.

You ever see the video of a sumo wrestler doing tug of war vs an orangutan? The strength difference between humans and apes is incredible.
 
JohnFSilver said:
The gorilla gets stomped to death. 100 men? It will take out some along the way, but eventually it will succomb.
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100 people is a ton of people.

The only way this premise makes any sense to me is if the men have to fight. They don't have an option to run away. If it's naked, with literally nothing to use as a tool, then I'm not 100% sold on 100 "average" men. But if it's 100 men between 20-40 and there are rocks and sticks then the men have it easy.

The men also win easy if it's out in open space. They can just chase the gorilla and tire it out first or run it to death. I don't see a gorilla squaring up against 100 dudes.
 
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JMick said:
100 people is a ton of people.

The only way this premise makes any sense to me is if the men have to fight. They don't have an option to run away. If it's naked, with literally nothing to use as a tool, then I'm not 100% sold on 100 "average" men. But if it's 100 men between 20-40 and there are rocks and sticks then the men have it easy.

The men also win easy if it's out in open space. They can just chase the gorilla and tire it out first or run it to death. I don't see a gorilla squaring up against 100 dudes.
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I think the assumption is that no tools or weapons are to be used. Great idea about tiring it out chasing it. IIRC large apes run at about the same speed as humans but tire out faster.
 
Why attack the gorilla at all?

With 100 men, you could encircle the gorilla using sheer numbers, noise, and chaos without ever directly confronting it, keeping it confused, worn out, and tired.

Small bands of neolithic hunters used to take down mammoths with nothing more than spears and their own testicular fortitude.
 
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Mr. Wonderful said:
Why attack the gorilla at all?

With 100 men, you could encircle the gorilla using sheer numbers, noise, and chaos without ever directly confronting it, keeping it confused, worn out, and tired.

Small bands of neolithic hunters used to take down mammoths with nothing more than spears and their own testicular fortitude.
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Encircling wouldn't work. The silverback would only need to get by two men in order to run away. Oh, and the can climb trees.
 
temery said:
Encircling wouldn't work. The silverback would only need to get by two men in order to run away. Oh, and the can climb trees.
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But if it runs away, the men win.
 
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