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Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by rbanffy on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:13AM (#26065546)
Still, a raging 80 kg human can be a handful to deal with. A raging 200 kg gorilla is much worse. There is a lot that can be done to assimilate a gorilla into a human society, but they aren't human and the differences, while possible to understand at a certain effort, may end up surprising you.

My cat still tries to hunt my foot when bored. If she were a tiger, I would have a very serious problem to deal with (it's hard to buy shoes individually)

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by yencabulator on Monday February 08, 2021 @05:12PM (#26070923)
Absolutely. However, that is a different criteria than wild/not wild.

Bulls are domesticated animals, after all.

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by Aeolun on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:33PM (#26072350)
I guess it just means we have a fairly good idea of what will set them off, and can prevent that.
Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by btilly on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:15AM (#26066434)
Still, a raging 80 kg human can be a handful to deal with.

Exactly how big a handful becomes much clearer when someone close to you spends long enough manic and without sleep, then goes psychotic.

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by Aeolun on Monday February 08, 2021 @07:34PM (#26072366)
Trying to hold my 15kg toddler when he goes crazy has given me a fairly good idea of what that would be like.
Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by btilly on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:12PM (#26073753)
I would have said the same when my kids were young.

When my sister went crazy in exactly the manner described, I learned that I was wrong. Totally wrong.

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by Aeolun on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @04:22PM (#26082527)
That’s potentially true, I have no experience with that.

What I was really trying to say though was that I can barely control him now. I can’t imagine I would be able to when he’s 80kgs.

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by btilly on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:48AM (#26103801)
The big difference is that you have to put up with the toddler's tantrum for perhaps 15 minutes. You can even choose to walk away if you need to - the toddler won't go anywhere.

A manic adult is more coherent, but goes on for days. I mean that literally - mania keeps you from sleeping.

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by wsc981 on Monday February 08, 2021 @10:22AM (#26065686)
> My cat still tries to hunt my foot when bored. If she were a tiger, I would have a very serious problem to deal with (it's hard to buy shoes individually)

But how about a lion?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btuxO-C2IzE

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by trhway on Monday February 08, 2021 @11:54PM (#26074029)
>Still, a raging 80 kg human can be a handful to deal with. A raging 200 kg gorilla is much worse.

the history of our civilization proves that raging 80 kg human with a weapon is a much worse than any other animal. Even mammoths went down before us. This is why we took over that planet and are an apex predator and are a most dangerous animal around.

Re:A gorilla who was brought up as a boy in an English village by rbanffy on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @04:50AM (#26075624)
True, but, without weapons, I'll still bet on the gorilla.