Comment on Who would win in a fight, a Gorilla or a Bear of equal weight?
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 4 days agoI could see a gorilla choking a bear out though, the bear isn’t going to be able to strangle the gorilla from behind.
Comment on Who would win in a fight, a Gorilla or a Bear of equal weight?
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 4 days agoI could see a gorilla choking a bear out though, the bear isn’t going to be able to strangle the gorilla from behind.
Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 days ago
Do… gorillas choke out anything in the wild? I feel like training either animal in Krav Maga or Ninjutsu puts your thumb on the scale.
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I don’t know, but they’re physically capable of it. I once had an anthropology professor who demonstrated the difference between simian-like arms and quadruped-like arms, and the major part of it was noting that you’ve never seen a cat spread their arms out like the Vetrivian Man (they can’t). In the evaluation of ape vs. bear combat I don’t want to discount the capability of the ape to grasp, latch on or choke.
AnonomousWolf@lemm.ee 3 days ago
I don’t think primates choke at all in the wild, and I don’t think it’ll be the most effective method either.
When your opponent has claws and long teeth waiting for them to pass out while they dig their claws into you might not be the best strategy
rebelsimile@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
We are primates, and when we put all the martial arts together (MMA) it turns into a match of who can get on top of and neutralize their opponent. A bear doesn’t have any way of attacking a primate if the primate can get to its back. As a human, we wouldn’t have the dexterity or strength to get around, cling onto a bear and choke it out, but a bear-sized gorilla probably could and once it does that it’s neutralized every mode of attack the bear has except writhing around and pushing it into other objects.