Comments on: Evidence for gorilla weight inflation in technical business speak

By: Tozier

Tozier — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 13:00:42 +0000

I assume you mean the elephant in the drawing room? Don’t see it.

By: norman stickney

norman stickney — Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:20:07 +0000

what about the elephant !
WHAT ABOUT THE ELEPHANT !

By: John Vreeland

John Vreeland — Thu, 24 May 2007 21:40:28 +0000

It may be that smaller gorilla metaphors are more susceptible to death from metaphorical ebola outbreaks.

By: Tozier

Tozier — Mon, 21 May 2007 21:37:46 +0000

I’m flattered. All we need is a more prominent inbound link here, and all my marketing friends will be Swiveling all over the place

By: Sara Wood

Sara Wood — Mon, 21 May 2007 20:40:41 +0000

We could not resist. Your gorilla data made the Swivel front page. Thanks for posting it!

–Sara
http://swivel.com

By: Barbara

Barbara — Mon, 21 May 2007 12:06:43 +0000

I had to go to wikipedia to find out what non-metaphoric gorillas weigh:

Adult males range in height from 165-175 cm (5 ft 5 in-5 ft 9 in), and in weight from 140-200 kg (310-440 lb). Adult females are often half the size of a silverback, averaging about 140 cm (4 ft 7 in) tall and 100 kg (220 lb). Occasionally, a silverback of over 183 cm (6 feet) and 225 kg (500 lb) has been recorded in the wild. However, obese gorillas in captivity have reached a weight of 270 kg (600 lb).

This suggests that metaphoric gorillas, like their natural namesakes, grew in captivity, but at a much faster rate.

By: Tozier

Tozier — Mon, 21 May 2007 10:13:35 +0000

Bret, if you follow the link to Swivel, you’ll note that the service not only allows you to create additional charts, but amend the data yourself. My thought is that perhaps we’ll collect a series of snapshots of gorilla weight distributions, and see what trends develop.