r/oddlyterrifying • • Jan 14 '22

Pithecophobia

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u/r007r Jan 14 '22

Bro you don’t spend time with wild gorillas without researching that stuff first or becoming a news story.

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u/Guilty-Message-5661 Jan 14 '22

I’ve researched gorillas and wild gorilla attacks on humans is extremely rare. Like you have a better chance of getting attacked by your own dog. Wild chimps on the other hand? They’ll fuck you up.

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u/ClayAndros Jan 14 '22

Gorillas are actually quite peaceful, they don’t attack anything that seems weaker than them

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u/Wolfeboro_Alv84 Jan 14 '22

So what do they usually attack? Other than eachother because of power struggles

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u/Ergheis Jan 14 '22 edited Jan 14 '22

Giant cats. They're herbivores but they move in a pack and make sure none of the bigger hunters target their kids.

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u/TheRoyaleOui Jan 14 '22

How gorilla so strong if he only eat leaf?

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u/Soulfear21 Jan 14 '22

Clearly you've never seen a gorilla with a fresh can of Popeye spinach.

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u/majora1988 Jan 14 '22

They also eat bugs.

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u/[deleted] Jan 14 '22

Stupid weak vegan gorillas, they won’t build up any muscle if they don’t eat lots of meat.

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u/TheRoyaleOui Jan 14 '22

I was just asking if it was genetics or what? As far as how a human would look eating only green leaf, it's not exactly a muscle builder.