I think this is the major issue to overcome for the humans. In training soldiers, we’ve known for several thousand years that everyone stands a higher chance of surviving if we commit as a group, even though that means each person is working against their individual survival instincts. We also know that it takes training to help people overcome that fear and actually throw themselves at the danger, in order to increase everyone’s chances of survival.
If the humans are capable of committing to a massed pile-on, the gorilla doesn’t stand a chance. On the other hand, if the humans falter, the gorilla will have time to tear them apart. The last option is that the humans taunt and avoid the gorilla as best they can, and pile on it whenever it gets someone, forcing it to run around exhausting itself before they can kill it.
I think this is the major issue to overcome for the humans. In training soldiers, we’ve known for several thousand years that everyone stands a higher chance of surviving if we commit as a group, even though that means each person is working against their individual survival instincts. We also know that it takes training to help people overcome that fear and actually throw themselves at the danger, in order to increase everyone’s chances of survival.
If the humans are capable of committing to a massed pile-on, the gorilla doesn’t stand a chance. On the other hand, if the humans falter, the gorilla will have time to tear them apart. The last option is that the humans taunt and avoid the gorilla as best they can, and pile on it whenever it gets someone, forcing it to run around exhausting itself before they can kill it.