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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish80•5 months ago The average Green Winged Macaw can generate around 400 PSI in one bite – that’s much stronger than the average human bite! Moluccan Cockatoo: It’s bite force suprasses even that of the Macaw, weighing in at over 500 PSI. https://www.parrotwebsite.com/which-parrot-has-the-worst-bite/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish33•5 months agoBecause my brain is fundamentally incompatible with imperial measurements: 500psi is equivalent to about 35kg of weight stacked into a centimetre square (so 35bar / 3500kpa)
minus-squareCodexlinkfedilinkEnglish14•5 months agoBothered by the units but not the lack of factoring for size differences? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_force_quotient It would seem the unit you want for the SI biting force quotient is the Newton per kilogram.
minus-squareTlaloc_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoI don’t think it matters how big the thing biting you is, just how likely it is to rip bits off. A weasel has nearly 4 times the Bite Force Quotient of a Moon Bear, but I’d take many Weasel bites before a single Moon Bear bite.
minus-squareXavienthlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months agoIt’s not so much the force that is important, regardless of if it’s normalized for body size, it’s the pressure that does damage. psi (or Pa in SI) is the appropriate unit.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•5 months agoAs far as numbers go, it’s definitely a number.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months agoI thought it had to be either a big number, or a small number. So, yeah.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•5 months ago162 psi. More than a cat, less than a big dog.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•5 months agoThey crack nuts with their beaks, we had to invent a tool for that job.
I’m almost afraid to ask… How much?
https://www.parrotwebsite.com/which-parrot-has-the-worst-bite/
Because my brain is fundamentally incompatible with imperial measurements:
500psi is equivalent to about 35kg of weight stacked into a centimetre square (so 35bar / 3500kpa)
Bothered by the units but not the lack of factoring for size differences? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_force_quotient
It would seem the unit you want for the SI biting force quotient is the Newton per kilogram.
I don’t think it matters how big the thing biting you is, just how likely it is to rip bits off.
A weasel has nearly 4 times the Bite Force Quotient of a Moon Bear, but I’d take many Weasel bites before a single Moon Bear bite.
It’s not so much the force that is important, regardless of if it’s normalized for body size, it’s the pressure that does damage. psi (or Pa in SI) is the appropriate unit.
Certainly a big number
As far as numbers go, it’s definitely a number.
I thought it had to be either a big number, or a small number. So, yeah.
How much is a human bite?
162 psi. More than a cat, less than a big dog.
They crack nuts with their beaks, we had to invent a tool for that job.