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Post by Taildragger on Apr 20, 2023 21:22:43 GMT -5
Yikes:
By comparison:
•Human bite force = 120-160-psi
•Gorilla bite force = 1300-psi
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Post by gato on Apr 21, 2023 4:45:29 GMT -5
"...... I seen one eat a rockin' chair one time ..."
--- Quint
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Post by LeftyMeister on Apr 21, 2023 7:49:09 GMT -5
It's always curious when reading articles such as this one regarding prehistory, they toss around words like 'may have', 'suggests', 'seem to', 'possible', 'arguably', 'perhaps', et al (all found in this article). But they can state emphatically in the opener that it's the most powerful bite of all time based on a computer model. lol!
Several decades ago when I flew a lot, I'd read the USA Today on the plane. One particular flight, I read the first page headline that stated, "Scientists have discovered the first sex occurred 268 million years ago." Instinctively, I laughed outloud and the people around me looked at me with raised eyebrows. I showed them the headline and said, "Really? How do they know? Did someone film it? Was it the first porno film?" There was a collective chuckle.
Prehistory science is chockful of predisposed supposition.
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Post by Lesterstrat on Apr 21, 2023 8:31:58 GMT -5
They don't scare me one bit. Let me tell you something pal! A Lesterstrat NEVER runs from the face of danger....we walk very fast! Besides, I never go where they are.  |
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Post by gato on Apr 21, 2023 8:50:38 GMT -5
It's always curious when reading articles such as this one regarding prehistory, they toss around words like 'may have', 'suggests', 'seem to', 'possible', 'arguably', 'perhaps', et al (all found in this article). But they can state emphatically in the opener that it's the most powerful bite of all time based on a computer model. lol! Several decades ago when I flew a lot, I'd read the USA Today on the plane. One particular flight, I read the first page headline that stated, "Scientists have discovered the first sex occurred 268 million years ago." Instinctively, I laughed outloud and the people around me looked at me with raised eyebrows. I showed them the headline and said, "Really? How do they know? Did someone film it? Was it the first porno film?" There was a collective chuckle. Prehistory science is chockful of predisposed supposition. You're forgetting the evidence that suggests the existence of a possible time machine, arguably invented by pre-historic Ommp-Loompas, who may have journeyed far into the past, perhaps to film the "first sex." Quite emphatically. |
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 21, 2023 9:59:46 GMT -5
I don't worry about the bite force of extinct stuff: what caught my eye in the linked article was the 2-ton bite force of the still-very-much-alive GWS. A recent news item told about a guy surfing off Kewalo Basin on Oahu recently losing his foot to an 8-foot tiger shark. He mentioned in his recollection of the event that he at first thought he was being nipped by a seal but then felt the "great pressure" of the bite and knew it was a shark.
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Post by Peegoo 🏁 on Apr 23, 2023 13:57:01 GMT -5
Prehistory science is chockful of predisposed supposition. A perfect example of this is all the illustrations of dinosaurs up until around the early 80s generally showed them as gray in color. This came from two factors--one real, and the other a guess: 1. Only bones on dinosaurs had been found; no skin, scales or feathers existed to show their original color, and 2. Dinosaurs were big. Elephants are big, and they are gray in color, so ...obviously dinosaurs were gray. OOPS! |
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Post by Taildragger on Apr 23, 2023 14:57:20 GMT -5
Prehistory science is chockful of predisposed supposition. A perfect example of this is all the illustrations of dinosaurs up until around the early 80s generally showed them as gray in color. This came from two factors--one real, and the other a guess: 1. Only bones on dinosaurs had been found; no skin, scales or feathers existed to show their original color, and 2. Dinosaurs were big. Elephants are big, and they are gray in color, so ...obviously dinosaurs were gray. OOPS! You guys clearly haven't read about the fossilized teenage girl dinosaur's diary that was found at a dig in Montana last year and contains detailed descriptions of the dreamy T-Rex captain of the football team... |
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