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The compressive and tensile strengths (the stresses at which the bone would fail) of the cranium were respectively 180 and 130 MPa (26,000 and 19,000 psi) so the skull was clearly reinforced for something other than just the bite. For comparison, the peak stresses of felids and canids can range from 5.6–21.8 MPa (810–3,160 psi). [18]
Bite force quotient (BFQ) is a numerical value commonly used to represent the bite force of an animal adjusted for its body mass, while also taking factors like the allometry effects. The BFQ is calculated as the regression of the quotient of an animal's bite force in newtons divided by its body mass in kilograms. [ 1 ]
The black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is a crocodilian reptile endemic to South America.With a maximum length of around 5 to 6 m (16 to 20 ft) and a mass of over 450 kg (1,000 lb), [6] it is the largest living species of the family Alligatoridae, and the third-largest crocodilian in the Neotropical realm.
In the caption of the video the zoo shared, "With an 1,800 PSI bite force, the hippo has one of the world's strongest bite forces. This bite force is greater than a lion's (650 PSI) and a polar ...
A baby capybara who went viral last week by dancing to Michael Jackson's "Thriller" has been given a new name by her adoring public, a Miami zoo announced on Monday.
Purussaurus is an extinct genus of giant caiman that lived in South America during the Miocene epoch, from the Friasian to the Huayquerian in the SALMA classification. It is known from skull material found in the Brazilian and Peruvian Amazon, Argentina, Colombian Villavieja Formation, Panamanian Culebra Formation, Urumaco and Socorro Formations of northern Venezuela.
A female capybara has arrived at a Florida zoo as part of a breeding program to bolster the population of the large South American rodents. Iyari, a 10-month-old capybara, went to the Palm Beach ...
The bite force is considered the highest of any living or fossil fish, and among the highest of any animal. [33] The pressures generated in those regions were high enough to puncture or cut through cuticle or dermal armor, [ 33 ] suggesting that D. terrelli was adapted to prey on free-swimming, armored prey such as ammonites and other placoderms.