Comment on Lions are just big cats. They like scratches under the chin and everything.
sploosh@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoMale gorillas and lions both top out around 500lbs. Do you think you could kill a cat the same size as you if that cat wanted you dead? With your bare hands?
thedeadwalking4242@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
A 500lb gorilla vs a 500lb gorilla is a completely different fight, gorillas are extremely strong. I wouldn’t be surprised if a gorilla killed a tiger
pjwestin@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Also, to add to this, mountain lions are cats that are roughly the size of humans and really aren’t much of a threat to us. I’m not saying you could kill one with your bear hands, and they have been know to kill adult humans if they can get the drop on them, but they really aren’t a huge threat head on. The safety advice for dealing them is to get aggressive, look big, throw rocks and sticks at them, and physically fight them off if they attack, as they’re usually easily driven off. If we had the physiology and relative muscle mass of gorillas, we’d probably kill them pretty easily.