These are animals with the most powerful bites that can actually crush the bones of their prey, drink all the blood and their teeth’s can sometime pierce through the skull and brains. Here we have brought you the most powerful bites in animal kingdom, which you should surely avoid.
15. Cougar
The muscular jaws of Cougar and long canine teeth are adapted for cutting meat and tendon. They can crush the skulls and spines of large prey such as wolf and horse skulls. The psi measured was 350
14. Grey wolf
The teeth of grey wolf are very heavy, and one single bite from Grey wolf can crush the bones of a prey. They can chew more than 300 bones in just few bites.
13. Mastiff
Mastiff has the most powerful bite in the domestic dogs with a PSI Of 556. the Rottweiler comes in at second with PSI: 328, third goes to the German Shepherd, with PSI: 238 and then fourth is the American Pitbull with PSI: 235.
12. Great white sharks
Great white shark has the powerful bite in animals, which was classified as fish. A single bite of great white shark is more than enough to destroy the surrounding things. The PSI is 669.
11. African Lion
African lions have sharp teeth and the prey is usually killed by strangulation, which can cause hypoxia. PSI measured was 691
10. Alligator snapping turtle
They have the strongest bite among animals with no teeth; they are typically not prone to biting without provocation. Despite having no teeth, their powerful jaws can easily amputate human fingers. PSI recorded was 1004
9. Indian Lions
Indian Lions usually hunt at night time and mostly make it to large sized preys. The recorded psi of Indian lion differs everytime it was measured.
8. Tiger
Tiger is the solitary hunter and can reach upto 3.3 metres to get hold of their prey. Their powerful bite is usually twice than that of Lion.PSI recorded was 1050.
7. Hyena
Most sources say the hyena bite is around 1100 psi, but Wikipedia says it is 11,400. Due to extremely powerful jaws, it can take the marrow out of your bone and crush the bones in few seconds.
6. Grizzly Bear
Despite of their large size, Grizzly bear can run upto 56 km/hr and feed on nuts and berries. Grizzly bear is considered to be more aggressive than other bears. The Psi is 1200.
5. Gorilla
Although Gorilla’s are vegetarians, they have strong jaws to chew strong hard plants like bamboo. Along with incredibly strong jaw, they have strong neck and punching capacity too. The psi is 1300.
4. Jaguar
Jaguar has the strongest bite of any cats. Jaguar kills by eating head of its prey and then eats rest of the body. To a surprise, the jaws of jaguar are so strong that it can pierce through the shell of a tortoise. The psi is 2000.
3. American alligator
American alligator is the one of only two species left in the world. Although their diet contains only of small turtles and mammals, the measured psi is 2125.
2. Salt water crocodile
The tested psi of salt water crocodile is more than 3700. National Geographic claims that if this number were to be translated to 20 footers (which do exist, in abundance) the number could be higher than 7,000 psi. Salt water crocodile are responsible for most of the attacks on human than any other crocs.
1. Nile crocodile
Till now the tested psi of Nile crocodile is more than 5000 psi. Nile Crocs tend to be about the same size as Saltwater Crocs and thus their bite seems to be at the same range. They mostly date eat small fishes.
