Posted on 02/07/2022 7:34:19 AM PST by yesthatjallen
Add gorillas to the list of creatures intimidated by Shaquille O'Neal.
During a recent episode of "The Big Podcast with Shaq," the former NBA big man explained that gorillas freak out when he shows up at zoos and that they want to fight him. Shaq even called an executive from Zoo Miami during the podcast who confirmed the tale.
The conversation came up when Shaq was contemplating whether to let his gray hair grow out, joking that he would be a "silverback" gorilla and not a "silver fox."
This led to Shaq, a huge zoo aficionado, explaining how gorillas act in his presence.
"True story," Shaq said. "I've been to every zoo in the world, and every time I go to the gorilla section, they look at me like, 'Hey man, where your fur at?' For real. For real. That's how they look at me. They also look at me like, 'What am I doing in here and you out there?' And they always go crazy when they see me."
Shaq, who is 7 feet 1, 325 pounds, then called the animal expert Ron Magill, the communications director for Zoo Miami. Magill is also a bit of a "zookeeper to the stars" and a celebrity in his own right.
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One of those silverback would toss Shaq around like a rag doll.
7 feet 1, 325 pounds, really? :-O
right? i truly wish i knew...
If the gorillas aren’t guarding the rim what do they have to worry about? Shaq’s a good guy. Just don’t think that you can take a “charging” call and go unscathed.
The gorillas are just afraid that he will try to sell them some car insurance.
he is beyond funny! LOL where your fur at?
Shaq can laugh about it. Michelle would be trying to get Federal civil rights charges filed against the gorillas. :)
The gorillas need some more sensitivity training?
And she’s wearing high heels!
My brother in law’s plumbing company did the remodel on Shaq’s Orlando home on the Butler Chain of Lakes. He added 11 new bathrooms!!
He was an early investor of Ring. Would like to know what that is worth today after Amazon bought it.
lol wow- 11 bathrooms? Additional? He must have a lot of family over to stay or something-
He is one huge dude!
I was in an online game with someone who claimed to be Shaq.
While it was difficult to prove - and he wasn’t particularly interested in being identified - we were pretty sure it was THE Shaq.
He spent in the ballpark of $10K a month on the game. Laughed about it.
Wouldn't have to be a silverback, any adult and probably most of the juvenile gorillas could, too. Gorillas have 4X the muscle mass of a human being. Shaq is agile and athletic for a giant human being but a gorilla (even the large silverbacks) are incredibly agile and athletic when compared to any human being.
That’s a nice super power.
My niece in the backstage part of showbiz has worked with Shaquille O’Neal. He’s one of her favorites, a funny guy who treats people well. She’s worked with a lot celebrities whose names everyone knows and most of them are not like Shaq.
He gets trashed on FR for being muslim, but I’ve heard similar comments about him.
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