Ape Strength: Myth vs Reality

[johnny rex]

(09-08-2020, 07:50 AM)Stripedlion2 Wrote:

(09-28-2019, 01:48 AM)Shadow Wrote:

(09-28-2019, 12:15 AM)Sully Wrote: I have to agree with shadow. The very fact that gorilla vs brown bear is popular and considered a debateable topic by many shows how overrated they are. Many dont even know they're preyed upon by leopards. In fact I think they might be the most overrated animal, and I'm a fan of the great apes.

Gorillas are very interesting. Just surrounded a lot of myths, whatever is the reason. Seems to be difficult to find real information, which would be more than guessing when talking about strength.

Because pop culture depicts them as aggressive jiu jitsu behemoths that fight off multiple animals like King Kong when in reality they are very peaceful and are outclass by large bovines, large herbivores, mid to large sized bears and most big cats. 
If Bigfoot was real that’s how we would depict them too because it fascinates us.

King Kong fighting multiple theropods that are larger than him but still somehow weaker than Kong himself, especially in the 2005 Peter Jackson's remake, is just pure entertainment. Which is of course contain lots of exaggerations and whatnot  Reply