OUR Tyrannosaurus Rex and Megalodon appear quite often in horror or sci-fi films as their bites were terrifying. But what kind of animals living and deadwho “competes”, according to scientists, in the strength of their jaws?

According to an earlier study published in Boundary Overviewbite force is defined as force generated by the muscles and bones of the upper and lower jaw when the animal bites. Many characteristics, according to scientists, play a role in the predatory bite. The strength of the skull and jaws, the teeth, how sharp or large they are, and the size of the body.

Animals with a strong bite force are able to pierce even a victim with especially strong “armor”.

Of all living beings on the planet saltwater crocodile (Crocodylus porosus) has the strongest bite force, corresponding to 16,450 newtons, as found in a 2012 study. It is noted that 1 newton is equivalent to approximately 100 grams.

There are two animals that can compete with and defeat the crocodile, but the strength of their bite it has not been measured in the natural environment because they are marine predators.

On the one hand, about her killer whaleor known as killer whale (Orcinus orca), with its bite estimated by the Dutch Shark Society at 84,516 Newtons, on the other hand, for white shark (Carcharodon carcharias) with a force of 18,000 Newtons. These estimates are the result of computational models used in the 2008 study.

Between extinct speciesit is believed that his bite T. rexwhen he lived to bite about 67 million years ago, he was a killer with a force of 35,000 newtons.

On the other hand, a huge shark Megalodon (Otodus megalodon), which terrorized the seas from 15 to 3.6 million years ago, had a bite force of over 182,200 newtons.

However, as Jack Chegg, a biologist and professor at the University of California at Berkeley, explains, it is not known whether sharks had stronger jaws than dinosaurs, and this is because of their different types and number of teeth.

Source: live science