What skills and knowledge would I need to defeat a gorilla in hand to hand combat?

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[QUOTE=Chronos]
Even a nerd like me could easily beat that chimp’s throw
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So, you’re sayin’ my romantic zoo-in-the-rain date would have gone better if I threw it back?
:slight_smile:

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[QUOTE=alterego]
What skills and knowledge would I need to defeat a gorilla in hand to hand combat?
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Ninja skills, Bow Hunting skills, Computer skills… :smiley:

I’ll get my coat…

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
Nuts.

Gorillas have killed keepers in zoos.
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Were those regarded as unprovoked attacks?

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
As usual, BATMAN IS PREPARED.

:smiley:
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Well no, actually he had help from someone more experienced in fighting gorillas.

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Any decent martial arts system will teach you what you need, because it will teach you to avoid conflict: RUN!

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[QUOTE=Clothahump]
Any decent martial arts system will teach you what you need, because it will teach you to avoid conflict: RUN!
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Apparently that is bad advice

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
Nuts.

Gorillas have killed keepers in zoos.
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You sure about that? I’ve read where people have been bitten and/or attacked, but nothing even approaching the chimps’ smackdown of St. James Davis.

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[QUOTE=Bosda Di’Chi of Tricor]
Nuts.

Gorillas have killed keepers in zoos.
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Important caveat I left out/forgot: I think he said only one verified unprovoked attack in the wild. A gorrilla got loose in the Dallas zoo in 1998 and again in 2004 and bit and injured a few people each time. So, maybe stay out of tall grass and zoos.