Press Release Quotes (MS Word document)Full Size Image Graphic: by Ken Womble/Gregory Erickson, FSU
It depicts how average adult bite forces increase with body size, show
little correlation with snout types (proxies for jaw strength and
diet), and alligators and crocs have the same capacity for bite force
generation. The tight relationship with size allowed us to estimate
bite forces in the past. E.g. for the largest known fossil
crocodilians such as Deinosuchus (shown here next to a human).
Erickson measuring an Alligator's bite force Full Size Image Photo by: Gregory M Erickson |