A bear would easily kill a gorilla even if they're the same weight, in a chance encounter.
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Equal weight doesn't necessarily mean equal muscle. I would think a gorilla would still be more muscled than a bear, since the bear could just be fat from getting ready to hibernate.
Also gorillas are smart enough to use tools. It could just crack the bear over the head with a log or something.
Bears are predators evolved to hunt large game, primarily with brute force (unlike something like a big cat, which relies much more on ambushes).
Gorrilas, as tough as they are, survive through intelligence. This means avoiding tough fights, and when absolutely needed, fighting as a troop rather than individualy.
So bear. But...
Does the Gorilla get time to prepare?
The one advantage gorillas have is their intelligence. If both animals are given training, or tools, then I could see the gorilla potentially winning - mostly because a bear will struggle to get any use out of either, whereas a gorilla could be trained to fight much more effectively and possibly even make/use weapons.
Bear, no contest
Bear, but I think it's because gorillas are known to be peaceful and will probably run away from conflict
If it is a fight to the death... Idk I think with how physics works it might be quite even?
Not sure, but I was once (un?)fortunate enough to witness what happens when a bear was faced with an orangutan.
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I think a grizzly bear or a polar bear would take it. Any other bear it's going to the gorilla.
What about the masturbating bear?
But consider a polar bear is twice as heavy as a Gorilla ... OP said equal weight, so that's one massive gorilla.
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In a magical hypothetical world where we could make this happen without it being absurdly cruel to the animals, I'd love to see it.
What about a Drop Bear?
That's not a species of animal. That's the living embodiment of a fundamental force of nature. No mortal, man nor beast, can defeat one.
He's getting dropped.
I've never seen a video of a gorilla fighting, but I've seen a bear fight. So bear for me.
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100 bear sized gorillas or 100 gorilla sized bears?
Gorilla and some species of brown bear have significant overlap in weight.
(From wikipedia)
Brown bears generally weigh 80 to 600 kg (180 to 1,320 lb), with males outweighing females.[33]
Gorillas are the largest living primates, reaching heights between 1.25 and 1.8 m (4 ft 1 in and 5 ft 11 in), weights between 100 and 270 kg (220 and 600 lb),