# Gorillas avoid the rain, just like us. No one likes getting wet. LOL **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 10, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796 "2019-05-10T20:29:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796/1 "2019-05-10T20:29:47Z")
Amazing and hilarious video. The body language and expressions on the gorillas faces is priceless. I react _exactly_ the same way during heavy down pours. 😉 I had to make mad dash from my van to the house a couple days ago. Both hands holding five heavy grocery bags. I had one hell of a time unlocking the door. > **[Charleston News, Weather, Sports, Breaking News](https://abcnews4.com/error)** > > WCIV ABC News 4, Charleston, South Carolina provides coverage of local and national news, sports, weather and community events in the region, including North Charleston, Mt Pleasant, Summerville, Hanahan, Goose Creek, Rantowles, Cottageville, St... > [@](#): > > Video taken by zookeeper Brooke Hunsinger on May 3, shows the resident gorillas sitting in a dry spot by a viewing point in their enclosure before they decided to make a run for it back indoors. > Gorillas are magnificent, majestic creatures full of grace and beauty Except when it rains,” Hunsinger wrote alongside the footage. ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796/2 "2019-05-10T21:18:25Z")
That’s a great video. Sometimes it’s something as mundane as a gorilla family (? I assume they are a family group anyway) not wanting to get wet that really emphasises the fact that we are actually pretty close cousins. I mean, us humans shouldn’t anthropomorphise too much, but come on - everyone watching that clip knows pretty much what the gorillas are thinking, surely? ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796/3 "2019-05-10T21:37:30Z")
But how do they feel about being in the mist? ---
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 9:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796/4 "2019-05-10T21:47:18Z")
> [@Darren\_Garrison](#): > > But how do they feel about being in the mist? Nice and cool on the hairy bits? ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 10, 2019, 11:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796/5 "2019-05-10T23:39:34Z")
It’s miserable getting wet when you have never learned to use a towel. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796/6 "2019-05-11T04:23:16Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > That’s a great video. Sometimes it’s something as mundane as a gorilla family (? I assume they are a family group anyway) not wanting to get wet that really emphasises the fact that we are actually pretty close cousins. > > I mean, us humans shouldn’t anthropomorphise too much, but come on - everyone watching that clip knows pretty much what the gorillas are thinking, surely? Seconded. The facial grimace as each individual makes a break for it is hilarious. What’s gorilla for “Oh goddammit!” ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [May 11, 2019, 5:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gorillas-avoid-the-rain-just-like-us-no-one-likes-getting-wet-lol/833796/7 "2019-05-11T05:25:54Z")
Watch the big male at 42 seconds. He makes a hand gesture to the two females and they run through the rain to their den. It sure looks like they were watching for that hand gesture.