Still, Magill answered in earnest and took the thought experiment a step further, controlling for variables including the men’s ages. He told the magazine 100 healthy men in their 20s could beat a gorilla, so long as they were “committed and go in united.”

But before you build an army of bros and head for the forests of Central Africa, take heed. Magill warns your gang would face significant injury, including — but not limited to — paralysis, disfigurement, “death from broken necks, severe arterial bite wounds, massive concussions leading to fatal brain bleeds, and asphyxiation from other men piling on top of them.”