Would a gorilla stand a chance?

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^ good point

now its 50 50

Gorillas and chimps been observed to kill leopards. A silverback could probably scare off a black bear attacking the gorilla troupe. But in a determinded one and one fight the black bear would win. Both animals are roughly the same in weight. But bears are built to be predators. Claws and the right teeth. The gorilla might be able to even the odds by grabbing logs to use as a club, or by throwing rocks.

My money's on the gorilla. People have fought off black bears be landing a punch on their snout. Black bears are pretty small.

^ good point

black bear wins

no surprise
i am sold on the eloquent facts already posted

Grilla stronger and he knows knows how to block. Grilla knows how to pick up a rock.

The bears came for the pears.
My dogs took umbrage and all the bears went up the trees.Mama in one and a tree for each cub.
Papa had visited several days earlier and was bitten on his bear butt by my Catahoula.He also went up a tree.
The gorilla was sensible and never made an appearance.

gorillas do have an unfair advantage

A gorilla can easily overpower a black bear if inspired to do so. Black bears are relatively small within a bear context.

A brown bear—that’s another story.

^ good point

gorilla wins

I had no idea that american black bears were larger than asian ones. I'd like the gorilla to win, mainly because I was a bit scared of bears, tigers, leopards when I cycled around India. Every time I got beyond the fields and houses they were somewhere in the back of my mind and it detracted from the beauty for me. I got stuck in the jungle for a night in my tent and found it pretty scary listening to the sound of what was probably just a mouse outside the tent and the sound of a fox barking.

^ hope you had brown trousers on