re: A Question as Old as Time: Grizzly Bear VS Silverback Gorilla Deathmatch - Who wins?

This reminds me of the Mike Tyson vs. Bruce Lee debate from a few years s back.

kafka was there, he swears it happened

Normally the bull was lassoed just before the fight, his horns sawed off, and the fight pretty well taken out of him before he was turned into the ring. Because the bear was so valuable, his loss was often not risked. On one particular occasion, the gold miners, and other spectators, got rampant over the way in which a steer was sacrificed, "without any fight at all worth speaking of." Unfortunately, for the exhibitors, the bull-pen close by had several fierce, untamed, and undaunted steers, any one of which felt amply able to avenge their slaughtered companion. One of them especially attracted the notice of the spectators. He would have filled the old Mosaic requirements, being perfect in all his parts. Lithe as a cat, his horns long and slender, he commenced bounding around the limited arena as soon as he heard the bellowing of of his less able companero, that was being chawed and clawed in the hug of the grizzly.

The vaqueros were ordered to turn the anxious steer into the pen, a hundred revolvers being drawn to enforce the request. The proprietors knew that business was on hand, unless the request was acceded to, as the grizzly was sure to be shot, and, perhaps, some of their own number, too. There was no alternative, and they turned the anxious fellow in, though they expected the bear would be slain in a short time. The bull came in, proud and defiant, gave a snort of contempt, whirled his tail high in the air, lowered his head, and made a charge. His majesty seemed not to be aware of any unusual company, and looked as placid and serene as though he had just made an ample dinner of young and tender pig, and was going to take his daily afternoon nap. He received the bull with his usual affectionate hug, the bull's horns passing each side of his body. He caught the bull by the back of the neck with his mouth, and with the aid of his forepaws, held him firmly to his bosom, using his hind feet with terrible effect on the bulls neck and sides. One ear was stripped off in a twinkling. Every dig of those terrible claws left gaping wounds, while the bull seemed utterly powerless to inflict any damage on the bear. About five minutes of this kind of one sided fighting, served to convince the bull that he was not so invincible after all. His bellowings of defiance changed to notes of rage, and then to terror, and finally to cries for mercy; the last howls being so loud as to be heard a mile away.
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If the gorillas head will fit inside the bears mouth it would be over in a couple of seconds. Grizzly bears have a bite-force of over 8,000,000 pascals, enough to crush a bowling ball

Bear.

An adult grizzly is not something to piss off. If the bear could not fit the skull in his mouth, one swipe from his 6" claws would eviscerate the gorilla.

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You've got 9001 problems, and understanding water mammals is absolutely one of them.

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Marine biology burn.

OT needs more threads like this

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Main weapon: Bite, Strength, Opposable thumbs

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What the frick are opposable thumbs going to do for you if your brain is not evolved enough to build and utilize weapons?

I've got opposable thumbs too, but without a fricking sword or rifle they ain't doing me much good in a showdown with a wild animal twice my size.

Grizzly.

A grizzly bear would eat that gorilla with a smile on its face. First round KO

Grizzly, all day, every day.