We discover strange new animal species every year. From prehistoric creatures that were pure nightmare fuel to venomous species that can kill you in minutes, the world has also seen its share of truly ...
Among the most impressive physical attributes wild animals bring to bear in their battle for survival is the ability to simply chomp down hard. Not surprisingly, when it comes to what animal has the ...
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - As a frame of reference, each animal bite you’ll read about will be measured in pounds per square inch, or PSI. We’ll use the human bite as a baseline, which averages 162 PSI ...
As the ocean’s apex predator, sharks are known for their hunting prowess, whether it’s the Greenland shark’s stealth ambush or the thresher shark’s whip-like tail. Still, there’s a lot experts don’t ...
Tyrannosaurus rex and megalodon are repeat science fiction stars for a reason: Their bites were ferocious. But which extinct and living creatures actually exert the strongest bite force? Bite force, ...
In tyrannosaur research, earlier studies confirmed T. rex’s bite force exceeded that of any living terrestrial animal. Fossil damage patterns on prey bones have supported the idea of active predation, ...
Everyone knows the ancient shark megalodon was huge, but you might not know that its bite force was off the charts, dwarfing ...