Internet Debate: 100 Men vs. 1 Gorilla

[comochiefsfan]

This has been going viral the past couple days.

Who would win in a fight: 100 unarmed men or 1 gorilla?

I personally think the sheer number of humans would overpower the gorilla and people are both 1. Underestimating how many people 100 is, and 2. Overestimating the strength and stamina of a gorilla.

Verdict: 100 men win fairly comfortably with the caveat that there will be some casualties.

What say you? 100 men or 1 gorilla?

[Iowanian]

I’d take 15 real men vs 1 gorilla.

Not 10 guys you Find in Starbucks in skinny jeans….but tell me 15 say…average marines

People are getting hurt, but they’re eating monkey steaks for dinner tonight.

[Katipan]

3 cowboys
5 ninjas
1 flamethrower

[scho63]

The first few guys are ****ED

[Basileus777]

Originally Posted by Mecca

You guys forget that not dying is basically every humans natural instinct. No one is signing up to be the meat shield vs the Gorilla.

If that's an option there won't be a fight at all, the Gorilla has no reason to start it.


Honestly there's no way the gorilla is conditioned to last a fight against a 100 humans. It'll wear down before it kills everyone. Humans have been winning fights against animals by outlasting them since the beginning.

[Mecca]

Originally Posted by Basileus777

If that's an option there won't be a fight at all, the Gorilla has no reason to start it.


Honestly there's no way the gorilla is conditioned to last a fight against a 100 humans. It'll wear down before it kills everyone.

And yes a Gorilla isn't gonna engage in that and they generally live in groups so you're gonna fight multiple gorillas...

[ROYC75]

How big is the Gorilla?

What are the surrounding?

With no weapons, that big ape is going to hurt a lot of men, very quick!

[Spott]

Has this gorilla been to many ballparks?

[Megatron96]

In the natural world, say in the jungle or mountains/woods, the gorilla would just escape. No group of men are going to chase down a gorilla over broken/rough terrains.

I think the idea for this 'game,' is that for some reason the gorilla and the men are going to fight to the death; there's no escape/make friends option. They're fighting until one side is dead.

I'm guessing the idea is basically gladiator-style in the Coliseum, for example.



And someone else mentioned it would make a difference depending on what kind of men and gorilla we're talking about. And i completely agree. I think obviously it would have to be a full-grown in-its-prime silverback, 500+ lbs. strength of 10+ men kind of gorilla. And can't forget that gorilla's bite, with an average bite strength of over 1,300 psi. that's 8-9 times that of a human, and 3 times more than an African Lion, nearly 4 times the pressure needed to crush a coconut, or a human skull.

And the men would be . . . that could get more interesting. The 'average' man has the strength of a baby gorilla (at best), and nearly every animal on the planet has a stronger bite. The men would have to actually beat the gorilla to death using just hands/feet.



100 NFL LBs from the 1970s? I might take the men.




100 of the "Greatest Generation? in their primes? The men.




100 men of the current generation just randomly picked from American HS/colleges fresh off their last game of HALO or whatever? I'm taking the gorilla.




100 NBA players from this year's rosters? Gorilla.


And so on

[irafreak]

What about 100 women?

[BlackHelicopters]

100 gorillas or Mike Ditka.

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by irafreak

What about 100 women?

It might take a while, but I could do it.

[Demonpenz]

100 neighborhoods cats piss vs cinderblocks

[Rain Man]

Originally Posted by Megatron96

...

100 NFL LBs from the 1970s? I might take the men.




100 of the "Greatest Generation? in their primes? The men.




100 men of the current generation just randomly picked from American HS/colleges fresh off their last game of HALO or whatever? I'm taking the gorilla.




100 NBA players from this year's rosters? Gorilla.


And so on

100 professional soccer players? The first one would get hit and the other 99 would all fling themselves to the ground and roll around in pretend agony.

[kccrow]

Originally Posted by Mephistopheles Janx

Gorillas are not built for endurance like humans are. Humans working together in a coordinated effort to pin it down and hold it until it is too tired to keep fighting will defeat the gorilla every time.

This, 100%.

If it were 10 men, maybe even 20, versus a Gorilla, then we'd probably have a solid argument on our hands.

[Megatron96]

Originally Posted by Rain Man

100 professional soccer players? The first one would get hit and the other 99 would all fling themselves to the ground and roll around in pretend agony.

lol, yeah, which is the same reason the gorilla would beat the NBA players. 20-30 of them would flop to the ground and play dead before they got anywhere near the gorilla. Another 30-40 of them would spend the whole time trying to find a ref to plead with until the gorilla grabbed them and ripped their arms/legs off. Would probably still be crying about the officiating while being torn apart, lol.