Gorillaz!
No. Not those ones. Real ones!
Watching this I was reminded of David Attenbrough's encounter with wild gorillas in his Life on Earth series, which aired on British TV way back in 1979. I don't know if gorillas can 'think', but something is going on in their brains during such encounters.
One thing is for sure. If we couldn't 'out-think' them, as we have done for thousands of years, then we really wouldn't stand a chance against them. However, watching them idly wandering through as if they own the place (they do, at least as much as we do), their powerful bodies having the capacity to snuff out a human life with ease, puts me in a place where my perspective on this world, and how we humans behave in it, is considerably broadened.
If we, as a species, were treated half as badly as we treat gorillas, in a general sense, we'd attack our oppressors on sight, with whatever strength we could muster. How fortunate we are that gorillas don't have the capacity to organise themselves as we do. If they did, we might show them more respect.
They deserve far more respect than they get.
Hat tip: WEIT
