When Orcs Were Real

Re:When Orcs Were Real by jacobolus on Friday July 02, 2021 @12:28PM (#27713626)

> chimps and gorillas for millenia and they are furry, cannibalistic, violent tribal monsters

Gorillas are largely vegetarian, and generally peaceful. Humans are much better example of “violent tribal monsters” than gorillas.

Cf. https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/opinions/1977/12/25/t...

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Re:When Orcs Were Real by taneq on Friday July 02, 2021 @01:12PM (#27714155)

Are they? http://www.bbc.com/earth/story/20161128-groups-of-gorillas-h...

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Re:When Orcs Were Real by N00bN00b on Friday July 02, 2021 @04:58PM (#27716764)

Easy enough to guess how that works.

Give chimps/gorillas/humans enough territory and they're peaceful, make them compete with others of the same species for limited resources and they'll turn violent.

I don't need much more than basic evolutionary theory to support that.

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Re:When Orcs Were Real by Robotbeat on Friday July 02, 2021 @02:34PM (#27715088)

Maybe you’re right about gorillas, but chimps are much more closely related to us, and they’re hyperviolent at times, engaging in (essentially) genocide, just like us humans.

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