Troop of Gorillas visit a camp (amazing video)

LiveLeak ^ | December 21, 2011

[EveningStar]

This rarely happens and when it does, it's absolutely amazing.

[ican'tbelieveit]

I kept saying to myself: I would pee my pants.

[beebuster2000]

what would have happened if he had turned around and looked at the silverback? had his arms ripped off or what?

[Daffynition]

Amazing. Elegant critters.

Just never give an ape an automatic weapon

[Little Pig]

Possibly. At the very least, looking at the leader would have been interpreted as a challenge, which is one of those things one ought not to do assuming one wants to live a long, pain-free life.

[Little Pig]

How big did you think they were? Also, for their size, they are incredibly solid. That big male may not be much larger than a big human, but he weighs easily three times as much.

[Lancey Howard]

That narrator dude at the beginning is a dead ringer for Jack Bauer. Check it out.

[CrazyIvan]

I have a book by Belle Benchley who was one of the first zoo keepers to try to make the captive environment of the zoo comfortable with the animals and to develop a relationship with them. One of her challenges was a huge gorilla that she had personally seen throw a 400lb log around its cage like it was nothing. She eventually befriend him and would bring him grapes. He loved them, but did not like the peals. She was awed by the fact that this massive animal could peal grapes better than she could.

[thesearethetimes...]

Wow..........just wow.......

What an amazing gift of an experience.

May God guide our course.
Tatt

[beebuster2000]

sigfried and roy made friends with tigers. that worked out well too.

[CrazyIvan]

That big male may not be much larger than a big human, but he weighs easily three times as much.

They are also several times stronger per weight. If you could teach one to do it they could bench press nearly 2 tons.

[Mike Darancette]

By the way, if you didn’t notice, it looks like the guy sitting there had wet his pants.

I saw that too. Very scary I remember what some chimps did to a guy here in So. Cal. and that Gorilla was much bigger.

[Little Pig]

Maybe so, but their fly-tying skills are terrible ;)

[blam]

"That silverback looked like the proverbial 500 lb. gorilla to me."

LOL.

What do you do when a 500 pound gorilla watches his woman plant a kiss on your cheek?

[Randy Larsen]

Astounding video!

That large silverback could have easily ripped him to shreds!

Thanks EveningStar.

[CrazyIvan]

“Maybe so, but their fly-tying skills are terrible ;)”

I didn't think that they had evolved past bass fishing!

[EveningStar]

[Aria]

That was great!

[Ditter]

I think wetting your pants would be a perfectly reasonable to response.

[sand88]

what would have happened if he had turned around and looked at the silverback? had his arms ripped off or what?

An amazing video. The silverback could easily pull the guys arms off. They have incredible strength.

The guy did the smart thing, staying still and not making eye contact. The silverback could easily see that he was no threat. They are amazing animals.

I just did some reading and the Silverbacks have the strength of at least 10 of the biggest football players. Another site said they have been known to bend 2" thick steel bars.

[KarlInOhio]

Those little ones are just so darn cute. You just want to grab one and give it a big hug... for about the one second you could before big daddy rips your arms off.