I was mildly surprised at the results. Also, see the comments below re: the bite force of the Jindo and one person claims a wolf bite measures out at 750 psi, or more than double that of the winning dog. Does anyone know if this is true or false?
Anne Vaini Webboard User Reg: 07-14-2005
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Hmmm...
Are they biting the sleeve, or just jumping/flying into it? I don't believe this is at all accurate and is somewhat rigged to get higher numbers.
I think the bite force should be seriously and scientifically evaluated - on a FLAT surface, with at LEAST 15 of each breed tested at varying levels of training. Also it would be interesting to compare bite force between dogs in prey drive vs in defense - not sure if it would have any bearing on results. But it is a little disappointing to see the 'helper' saying "C'mon puppy" etc.
Did you catch the pit's first bite in the intro? Now that's what I'd call a full grip. <img src="http://www.leerburg.com/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif" alt="" />
I think he measured after the intitial contact, but I could be wrong. As for the wolf vs dog, I believe it is true. Last week I saw a show on Discovery comparing wolves to dogs (skulls) and the size difference and surface area for muscles to attach to generate force for the bite. They said wolves had a strenght in excess of 700 lbs. A book i'm reading goes into the same stuff and says the same thing, again over 700lbs.
I really don't care how much it is, it hurts when you don't have a sleeve on and its strong enought to break bones and tear flesh off me or anyone else.
While I'm not necessarily suprized by the results, I don't think the test was conducted in a scientific manner. 3 random prey bites from arbitrarily selected dogs is far from conclusive in my opinion. Hard mouth is unique to each dog and to the circumstances leading up to the bite.
Thanks, Eric for the brief explanation re: muscle attachments, which COULD/WOULD account for greater bite strength despite similar size and skeletal structure.
I know that certain monkees have small differences in muscle/tendon attachments that lead to incredible strength vs. a human (with similar muscle anatomy)of greater size.
If it's no trouble, could you tell me the name of the book you're reading. I'd like to know more about the bite force: wolf v. dog. Very interested in all this.
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