Comments on: World’s Largest Gorilla Preserved by New Art of Sculpturdermy (Jan, 1938) http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/ Yesterday's tomorrow, today. Fri, 10 Feb 2012 21:07:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: toby Ross http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/comment-page-1/#comment-1075872 toby Ross Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:21:20 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/#comment-1075872 Many of today's animals are smaller than they were just a couple of hundred years ago because of human hunters. A good example of this is the sperm whale. 200 years ago, the bull sperm whale averaged 80 feet long. There were even rare 90 footers out there. We know this to be fact because of the jaws collected by these early whalers. It seems reasonable to me that, after more than a hundred years of trophy hunters killing the biggest and strongest of the gorillas, that there were, 150 years ago, bigger apes than we have in today's world. Not King Kong, but bigger never-the-less. It is because of man's ego that he always wants to kill the healthiest and biggest of his quarry. This leaves the smaller weaker males to breed more like themselves. Many of today’s animals are smaller than they were just a couple of hundred years ago because of human hunters. A good example of this is the sperm whale. 200 years ago, the bull sperm whale averaged 80 feet long. There were even rare 90 footers out there. We know this to be fact because of the jaws collected by these early whalers.
It seems reasonable to me that, after more than a hundred years of trophy hunters killing the biggest and strongest of the gorillas, that there were, 150 years ago, bigger apes than we have in today’s world. Not King Kong, but bigger never-the-less.
It is because of man’s ego that he always wants to kill the healthiest and biggest of his quarry. This leaves the smaller weaker males to breed more like themselves.

]]> By: Tombxc http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/comment-page-1/#comment-1059671 Tombxc Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:03:16 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/#comment-1059671 Bobby, You're making a mistake. You assume that a modern-day Vanderbilt would do the same thing, and that Popular Science would trumpet its success. You cannot apply today's morals and social concience to the past. While some people haven't learned the lessons you have, I like to think most of us would look on this with sadness, but understand that this was a less enlightened time. Farther back, even more so. Just learn from it and don't go back. Bobby,

You’re making a mistake. You assume that a modern-day Vanderbilt would do the same thing, and that Popular Science would trumpet its success. You cannot apply today’s morals and social concience to the past.

While some people haven’t learned the lessons you have, I like to think most of us would look on this with sadness, but understand that this was a less enlightened time. Farther back, even more so. Just learn from it and don’t go back.

]]> By: Bobby http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/comment-page-1/#comment-1059659 Bobby Tue, 26 Aug 2008 07:09:44 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/#comment-1059659 This was wrong on so many levels. There is no rational excuse for killing an entire family, and their massacre violated every rule of Fair Chase, taking only what you can eat and making use of everything that you take. Usage does *not* include entertainment, trophies, fashion accessories, bragging rights or even pseudo-scientific study. This was wrong on so many levels. There is no rational excuse for killing an entire family, and their massacre
violated every rule of Fair Chase, taking only what you can eat and making use of everything that you take.
Usage does *not* include entertainment, trophies, fashion accessories, bragging rights or even pseudo-scientific
study.

]]> By: Blurgle http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/comment-page-1/#comment-154357 Blurgle Sun, 06 May 2007 17:08:11 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/#comment-154357 They emasculated him, didn't they? They emasculated him, didn’t they?

]]> By: galessa http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/comment-page-1/#comment-107699 galessa Fri, 30 Mar 2007 17:53:13 +0000 http://blog.modernmechanix.com/2007/03/29/worlds-largest-gorilla-preserved-by-new-art-of-sculpturdermy/#comment-107699 I really love these killer human primates. I really love these killer human primates.

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