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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish12•1 year agoThey crack nuts with their beaks, we had to invent a tool for that job.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•1 year agoAs far as numbers go, it’s definitely a number.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoI thought it had to be either a big number, or a small number. So, yeah.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish33•1 year 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-squareCodexlinkfedilinkEnglish15•1 year 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_TemporallinkfedilinkEnglish5•1 year 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year ago162 psi. More than a cat, less than a big dog.
I’m almost afraid to ask… How much?
They crack nuts with their beaks, we had to invent a tool for that job.
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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.
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.
How much is a human bite?
162 psi. More than a cat, less than a big dog.