33+ Saltwater Crocodile Bite Force Newtons Pictures. Crocodiles may be the world's champion chompers, killing with the greatest bite force ever directly measured for living animals, a new study says. Saltwater crocs can chomp down at an impressive, 700 pounds per square inch (psi) or 16,460 newtons.

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In fact, their bite forces may rival that of mighty t. But they have weak jaw opening strength, compared to powerful jaw closing strength. The winners—saltwater crocodiles—slammed their jaws shut with 3,700 pounds per square inch (psi), or 16,460 newtons, of bite force.

Saltwater crocodiles prey on water buffalo, who can occasionally reach a similar mass.

With such a bite force, tigers do not need any assistance in bringing down their prey. Researchers have calculated the bite force of a tyrannosaurus rex to be about 8,000 pounds, twice as powerful as a modern crocodile. The diet of saltwater crocodiles shifts from crustaceans and fishes when young to birds, sea turtles and mammals including water buffalo, monkeys 3. The answer is a bite force.