Disclaimer: I’ve never fought a gorilla, or obviously a mammoth.
I’d believe it if someone told me a grown human could survive a glancing blow from a gorilla. If he has his focus on you then yeah you’re fucked, but if he’s surrounded by 30 guys with 70 more waiting to reinforce, his attention is probably going to be a bit scattered.
If you get hit by anything on a mammoth, either kicked or tusked, by sheer difference of mass I expect you’re out of that fight. One good trampling tantrum might take out 20 guys who are trying to be in melee range. Mammoth is going to burn through the reinforcements a lot faster I think.
If we’re allowed to throw the spears though this might change the entire fight, for both fights.
Also, looking into it, I can’t find any videos of an elephant kicking behind itself. I’m not sure that it has any way of defending its backside. I assume mammoths are similar.
I don’t understand why it would change the unarmed gorilla fight? But yes I would assume throwing the spears is almost certainly the most common tactic tbh.
Edit: but also we are talking about spears. If attacking from behind, at spear range, I don’t think a mammoth has opportunity for a trample attack. They would certainly need to swing around and attack with their tusks, giving attackers ample time to back up.
Disclaimer: I’ve never fought a gorilla, or obviously a mammoth.
I’d believe it if someone told me a grown human could survive a glancing blow from a gorilla. If he has his focus on you then yeah you’re fucked, but if he’s surrounded by 30 guys with 70 more waiting to reinforce, his attention is probably going to be a bit scattered.
If you get hit by anything on a mammoth, either kicked or tusked, by sheer difference of mass I expect you’re out of that fight. One good trampling tantrum might take out 20 guys who are trying to be in melee range. Mammoth is going to burn through the reinforcements a lot faster I think.
If we’re allowed to throw the spears though this might change the entire fight, for both fights.
Also, looking into it, I can’t find any videos of an elephant kicking behind itself. I’m not sure that it has any way of defending its backside. I assume mammoths are similar.
They can turn remarkably fast.
Not fast enough.
I don’t understand why it would change the unarmed gorilla fight? But yes I would assume throwing the spears is almost certainly the most common tactic tbh.
Edit: but also we are talking about spears. If attacking from behind, at spear range, I don’t think a mammoth has opportunity for a trample attack. They would certainly need to swing around and attack with their tusks, giving attackers ample time to back up.