Strongest Biters.What creature takes top honors for having the strongest bite? Tyrannosaurus Tyrannosaurus (tīrăn'ōsôr`əs, tĭr–) [Gr.,=tyrant lizard], member of a family, Tyrannosauridae, of bipedal carnivorous saurischian dinosaurs characterized by having strong hind limbs, a muscular tail, and short Rex, once king of the dinos, is the undefeated champ. "A T. rex bite has the weight of a pickup truck behind each tooth" says Gregory Erickson, zoologist (animal scientist) at Brown University in Rhode Island. Scientists have suspected for years that T. rex is the chomp (jargon) chomp - To fail. king, but Erickson set out to determine the exact force of the dino's bite. He examined tooth impressions made by a T. rex on a triceratops Triceratops (trīsĕr`ətŏps) [Gr., = three-horn face], genus of ornithischian quadruped dinosaurs of the late Cretaceous period. (large horned dinosaur) bone. He then used a force-measuring machine to duplicate the exact force of T. rex's bite on a similar-sized cow bone. Today, only the alligator's bite compares with that of T. rex's."Gators need to use a strong bite-force because they kill with their mouths" says Mason Meers, biologist at Florida Gulf Coast University About FGCU History The newest university in the State University System of Florida, the school was established by then-governor Lawton Chiles in 1991, although the site of the university wasn't chosen until 1992, and construction pushed back even further still (until . "Humans don't even come close. We don't kill when we bite." [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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