Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

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One interesting video. Some people are like "whoa" "so strong" and so on. But when reading description of video footage it´s said that one gorilla slammed another against this zoo glass. And when looking at video it can be seen how 2 gorillas run fast towards and against the glass wall. Did they both then hit the wall same time while running or were they in some kind of wrestling situation or did in the end one manage to in some way throw/slam another against the glass in last moment, difficult to say. But it´s quite clear, that the glass took the hit of 300-400 kg of gorilla running very fast against it. I have to say, that I´m not surprised to see some cracks in the glass. So much weight in such speed gives hard hit, put there any animals with similar weight to run full speed against glass.... I can´t see this incident so much as display of strength, just laws of physics in action by accident. It has to be said, that gorillas run quite fast when they get aggressive, they slammed against that glass hard.

This is one article concerning this case. Quite funny to read it after watching video. I wonder what this De La Pena considers as running when he says, that what happens on the video is walking. 

Also he says "one of the gorillas walked".... One? I see there two running gorillas. Maybe he hadn´t seen this video when that interview was given. But one good example about newspaper articles.... Then again also description of the video looks odd when watching it.

Quote: "According to De La Pena, one of the gorillas walked in front of the enclosure and slammed another gorilla into the glass, damaging it."

https://uk.news.yahoo.com/san-diego-zoo-temporarily-closes-202004670.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAANgmtwzcQAivW281fFUTKBCu-qF2MAXzudfi3FFFm60IPQ6KMb_8zwoKWqAnDt7NXDCKfx4Mb-H6zgSy_GPPlfbfVvjRzk1g8XMhfsulBj5zsksbICd8QYk1cTCfa33p1b0N75IKiOkeiBNlx30AsF-8y84yc_j85xbFXCA9OAKm Reply