Can the strongest human being known defeat the gorilla?

Can the strongest man in the world beat a gorilla?

We know that the gorilla is one of the strongest animals in nature. Friends who have seen the movie "King Kong" are all impressed by the picture of the gorilla tearing the dinosaur. Although the movie is a bit exaggerated, the gorilla is still powerful in reality. It is not to be underestimated, so can the strongest man in the world beat the gorilla?

If you want to say the strongest man in the world, then Maris Pujanovsky is one. He is the person with the most titles of the world’s strongest man in the world and holds a record of 5 WSM (the world’s The strongest man) championship title. He is 186 cm tall and weighs 119 kg. He is still playing MMA. So how does Marais compare to gorillas?

Now let us talk about our gorilla. Take the silverback gorilla as an example. He weighs 250 kilograms and his hind legs are about 180 cm high, but he prefers to walk on all fours. According to experts, a special gorilla can lift more than 800 kilograms of heavy objects, and any old adult gorilla can lift 450 kilograms of objects from the ground without any effort. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, tests conducted in the 1980s on the strength of large male silverback gorillas in the research field showed that they can easily lift about 860 kg (1800 lbs) of weight, even the most well-trained The human can only lift up to 430 kilograms (900 pounds).

So purely in terms of strength, a gorilla is an animal with a different physical level from ours. Even if we bring everyone from WSM to one of our gorillas and put them in a line, their ass will still be smashed, because it is a crazy animal with arms bigger than our legs Twice, with more than 10 cm long fangs. Not to mention its bone and muscle density is orders of magnitude better than ours.

Of course, one of the most common myths about gorillas is that they are several times stronger than humans, which is wrong. No one has done strength tests on gorillas. Some people say that gorillas are stronger than chimpanzees, and chimpanzees are 4-6 times stronger than humans, so gorillas are much stronger than humans. This is also wrong. Chimpanzees are not 4 to 6 times stronger than humans. This study that led people to believe that chimpanzees possess superhuman powers was proven wrong in 1943 and the 1960s. There is a difference between absolute power. The absolute pull of chimpanzees is equal to the absolute pull of humans. However, due to our way of life, the thrust of humans may be much greater than that of any other primate.

Therefore, the pulling force of the gorilla may be stronger than that of the human, but the thrust may be weaker than that of the human. Because of this and the anatomical characteristics of gorillas, gorillas (and other primates except humans) are not capable of powerful blows. Gorillas and other primates fight mainly by pulling and biting, and humans have indeed evolved the ability to punch. Human fists have evolved to the point where they can be hit with a big stick. In fact, the human fist is a severely underestimated weapon. Well-trained fighters can attack more than 453 kilograms of force. Our fists are powerful enough to break the concrete slab. Breaking requires 306 kilograms of power. There is no doubt that human fists can hurt gorillas.

The most important thing is that humans have a pair of thumbs. One problem with gorillas is their huge canine teeth. The bite force of a gorilla is estimated to be 91 kg. If the gorilla really bites your arm, it won't break immediately. Human bones suffer considerable punishment before they break. But one must act quickly, because the bite of the gorilla will eventually break the bones of a person's forearm. When a gorilla bites a person’s arm, the person must poke his opposite thumb into the gorilla’s eye to make it back. Another big problem with gorillas is the weight of the gorillas. Most gorillas weigh around 180kg, and the heaviest can reach 210kg. Most of them are about 1.4 meters high, and rarely reach 1.6 meters. In extremely rare cases, gorillas can grow to 1.8 meters. When gorillas fight, they tend to push each other with their own weight. A gorilla can break glass in the enclosure of a zoo. It does just that. Therefore, when a person fights with an attacking gorilla, he can never block its way. You must go back quickly and circle around to prevent direct attack, While throwing a powerful blow. This will eventually exhaust the gorilla, and a powerful blow may cause the gorilla to faint.

So humans do not have the possibility of failure, but in terms of average strength, gorillas are far stronger than humans. Generally speaking, gorillas will win, but there are very few cases where even weak humans can win. In fact, being small does help. The gorilla has brute force, but there is no evidence that it makes full use of these forces. In addition to the control of instinct and experience, it does not have any specific skills.

If the fighting takes place on the roof, on the top of a mountain, on a bridge, or near a cliff, I can see that a person may mislead or trip the gorilla and fall to death. This is similar to what sumo wrestlers and judo practitioners do. For example, if two gorillas are fighting on a raft or rowing boat, I can see that the gorillas will be confused by the surrounding environment and lack of stable ground. Does the gorilla have the skills to keep standing like an experienced sailor? My guess is that it may not even realize that the ocean is dangerous. If the gorilla can't swim (is it?) a swimmer can simply jump into the water and let the gorilla die with it. Similarly, does the gorilla know that it will fall off a balcony or other unfamiliar structure? Or how much weight can the guardrail bear before it breaks?

Another situation may be stairs or escalators. Do gorillas still climb stairs or use escalators? When chasing up unfamiliar stairs, the gorilla can be very unstable and slow (if it can climb the stairs). Once it is high enough, humans can kick the gorilla's head and knock it down. If simple weapons are allowed, the battle can be even more competitive. I'm not talking about guns, but simple weapons like branches and stones. Unlike carnivores, herbivores instinctively target weak parts such as the neck to kill, herbivores gorillas do not have this instinct. In fact, we can even doubt whether it has the instinct to kill. On the other hand, humans know to target vulnerable places such as eyes, but gorillas do not.

But in most cases, humans are very fragile. Humans may have brain blanks when they encounter danger, let alone attack, so gorillas are the winner in most cases!