what animal has the strongest bite in the world?

Answer 1

It all depends on what exactly you are looking for... if you are going by total strength the answer will be different than the bite strenght of something of similar size.

What you will want to look into though.......
1: Hyena
2: Crocodiles
3: Sharks
4: Snapping Turtle

Answer 2

Experiments carried out with a Snodgrass gnathodynamometer at the Lerner Marine Laboratory in Bimini, Bahamas showed that a 2m (6ft) 6 in long dusky shark (Carcharhinus obscurus) could exert a force of 60 kilograms/132 lb between its jaws. This is equivalent to a pressure of 19.6 tons/in at the tips of the teeth. So there you have it folks. The strongest bite in the world comes from a shark.

Answer 3

People have designed a shark 'gnathodynamometer' (bite-meter) consisting of a soft aluminum core in the form of a 3 by 32-centimetre cylinder with four longitudinal V-shaped groves cut into its surface, into which were partially inserted a total of 12 steel ball-bearings, overtop of which were placed four curved plates of steel, and the whole lot was sandwiched in four plates of polyvinyl chloride (PVC). Wrapped in mackerel (in order to make it more palatable, no doubt), this novelty snack was offered to Tiger (Galeocerdo cuvier), Lemon (Negaprion brevirostris), and Dusky (Carcharhinus obscurus) Sharks at the (now defunct) Lerner Marine Laboratory in Bimini. By correlating the depth of indentations the ball-bearings made into the aluminum core, Snodgrass and Gilbert were able to estimate bite pressure. The maximum pressure obtained for a single tooth tip (2 mm^2) is 60 kg for a 2-metre Dusky shark. This converts to about 3 tonnes (metric tons) per square centimetre (far more than any turtle could do).
This has often been reported in the popular press as about 18 tons per square inch.
But the figure is often misinterpreted, many inferring incorrectly that a shark with, say, a 10-inch mouth could exert a total force of 180 tons. Recall that the initial reading was for the pressure at the tooth tips, and thus cannot validly be multiplied over the total area of the mouth.

Although crocodilians have fairly thick masseter muscles (the principle jaw-closing adductor in vertebrates), they also have relatively long jaws. Therefore, I suspect that the bite of a crocodile is not particularly powerful. The horrific tissue damage that crocodilians inflict on their prey seems to be due largely to the conical teeth tearing flesh as the predator thrashes and rolls, not from the power of the bite itself.

Over history the T-Rex was known to have the strongest bite.

Btw.: The Dental Science Handbook published by the American Dental Association (1970) gives bite pressures by humans as great as 15 tons per square inch — 83% as strong as the greatest pressure recorded thus far for any shark. No wonder human bites are often so devastating — we have short jaws, powered by thick masseter muscles and armed with relatively blunt, chisel-shaped incisors.
So play nice, kiddies! ;>

Answer 4

American alligators, Alligator mississippiensis, have the most powerful bite force ever measured. According to a recent study published in the Journal of Zoology of London, alligators snap their strong jaws shut with a force of 2,125 pounds, or with about as much force as a mid-size sedan falling on top of someone. The 2,125-pound measured bite came from a 12 1/2 foot alligator weighing 665 pounds, appropriately named Hercules. Since completion of the study, that impressive record was broken.

Answer 5

The crocodile.
Edit. Sorry I always get them mixed up, but I do believe the Alligator is the one with the strongest bite, at about 2,000 pounds of pressure.

Answer 6

It's my fave animal, the alligator. A gator can bite with the force of around 2,000 pounds, or with about as much force as a mid-size sedan falling on top of somebody.

Answer 7

Strong bytes come in two ways: squeezing and snapping.

The best squeezer is the hyena, followed closely by the bull-dog (it's only these that can crush a cow's leg bone by squeezing it in between their teeth).

The best snapper is the salt water crocodile - world's largest crocodile.
An other great snapper is the alligator tortoise; it has the best byte / body_weight ratio.

Answer 8

I think the hypos have the strongest jaws.

Answer 9

i say an aligator or a shark but i really dont know for sure

Answer 10

alligator snapping turtle..