Super chomper.I had a fierce-looking face and a jagged jaw that could bite a shark shark, member of a group of almost exclusively marine and predaceous fishes. There are about 250 species of sharks, ranging from the 2-ft (60-cm) pygmy shark to 50-ft (15-m) giants. They are found in all seas, but are most abundant in warm waters. in two. Scientists recently crowned Dunkleosteus terrelli, or "the Dunk," the fish with the meanest bite ever. The 10 meter (33 foot)-long fish lived 400 million years ago. Scientists have long suspected the giant fanged fish to be a terror. To find out how mean the extinct fish may have been, Mark Westneat, a zoologist at the Field Museum in Chicago, created a mechanical model of the fish's skull to test the force of its bite. The findings: The Dunk could chomp (jargon) chomp - To fail. down at a force of 500 kilograms (1,100 pounds) per square inch--the strongest bite of any known fish. It could also snap its mouth shut in a speedy one fiftieth of a second. The prehistoric pre·his·tor·ic also pre·his·tor·i·cal adj. 1. Of, relating to, or belonging to the era before recorded history. 2. Of or relating to a language before it is first recorded in writing. fish's skull contained of four rotating joints. This unique mechanism helped provide the Dunk's jaw with enough kinetic kinetic /ki·net·ic/ (ki-net´ik) pertaining to or producing motion. ki·net·ic adj. Of, relating to, or produced by motion. kinetic pertaining to or producing motion. (moving) energy to make the strong, fast bite. |
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