To break the largest human bone, the thigh bone, an estimated force of 4,000 newtons is needed. However, the amount of force required to break a bone depends on how the force is applied.
-Random internet source
Highly depends on the dog.
Our ancestors had more bite force. It wasn’t needed anymore.
Bite Force and Occlusal Stress Production in Hominin Evolution
Bite pressure would be a more interesting comparison IMO. Of course a Trex is gonna have a massive bite force because it’s dominated by size.
It’s also got some trick jaws, it’s not 100% from size alone. Like dunkleosteus, which had a novel jaw that amplified the force.
Fair enough, from my very limited research (Chicago museum has an exhibit about this exact thing), some animals use a 4-bar linkage to maximize force. I think Trex was among them.
Man, we gotta pump those numbers up. Get our bite force on the next level.
Lion is still trying SO hard!
alternatively it looks like someone just bit him haha
No fuckin chance a dog has 25% of the bite force of a lion.
Did they run out of old tons or something?
