A cheeky claim made on social media has quickly turned into a lively debate online: Could 100 unarmed men take on a single gorilla?
Thousands of people online weighed in on their chances to overpower the gorilla 100 to 1. Some expressed confidence in the number advantage, some deliberated their strategies and others expressed certainty that the gorilla would win.
Dr. Tara Stoinski, president and CEO of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, loves that people are engaged while talking about gorillas, though she believes that people would prevail in a fight.
“I think the sheer number of humans that they would be up against and the fact that humans could hopefully coordinate their behavior,” Stoinski said.
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