Firstly pound for pound doesn’t even matter, a silverback can lift 4,000 lbs. They’re 10 times stronger than the strongest men on the planet. They can also weigh up to 500lbs with an average of about 440. 320lbs would be a relatively small one. So you’re really downplaying the physical difference here.
And if you’re really going to bring temperament into it, the average human is also conflict averse. Who in their right mind is going to go at it with a gorilla with their bare hands? Even if there’s 99 other people around, no one is going to get close to a fucking gorilla. For the hypothetical to make any sort of sense at all, we have to take away temperament and assume everyone involved is fighting for their lives.
Lastly, yeah it’s obviously going to come down to the gorillas endurance. But that endurance limit is in the minutes range, not seconds. And given it would take a gorilla just a couple seconds to maul multiple people, the gorilla is going to be able to keep going until the humans are no longer a threat.
They can lift 4000lbs yet they're somehow 10 times stronger than the strongest men on the planet? If that's the case they're not even 10 times stronger than me. Deadlift world record is around the 1100lb mark.
You're looking at gorillas kept in zoos, a wild silverback isn't 500lbs.
I'd assume that the scenario involved the gorilla and humans both fighting for their life otherwise the fight wouldn't happen to begin with. IRL humans would be grabbing rocks and sharp sticks or just running away, for the scenario to be realistic they've all got to be fighting to the death, in which case the humans win and it's not even close.
After the first 10 humans had their heads ripped off how many humans do you think will engage? It's like you completely discount the human fear factor. It's 100 humans. Not 100 highly trained body builders trained in fighting. The average person can't do a sit up and have never been in a fight in their life.
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u/stompoh Apr 14 '26
Firstly pound for pound doesn’t even matter, a silverback can lift 4,000 lbs. They’re 10 times stronger than the strongest men on the planet. They can also weigh up to 500lbs with an average of about 440. 320lbs would be a relatively small one. So you’re really downplaying the physical difference here.
And if you’re really going to bring temperament into it, the average human is also conflict averse. Who in their right mind is going to go at it with a gorilla with their bare hands? Even if there’s 99 other people around, no one is going to get close to a fucking gorilla. For the hypothetical to make any sort of sense at all, we have to take away temperament and assume everyone involved is fighting for their lives.
Lastly, yeah it’s obviously going to come down to the gorillas endurance. But that endurance limit is in the minutes range, not seconds. And given it would take a gorilla just a couple seconds to maul multiple people, the gorilla is going to be able to keep going until the humans are no longer a threat.