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brotherbear\ dateline='\'1415357146' Wrote: Would you say that, pound for pound, the brown bear's bite force was moderate; pretty much average among the bears?
I returned to edit and add; the sun bear is also said to have a powerful bite.
I think black bears are pound for pound the weakest, brown bears are more towards moderate, then follow by the polar bears.
BTW, those short-muzzled bears might really be pound for pound the strongest ones.
I think it is the sloth bears with the weakest jaws mainly because of their diet of termites and also there is an account where the sloth bear robbed a kill from a leopard and it prefers the soft insides and blood compared to the muscle tissue. The brown bear has stronger jaws that polar bears, however, the letter has a better slicing bite that enables it to cut the hide of walruses and beluga whales (which have thicker skin than an average land mammal).
Regarding the short- muzzled bears, that explains why the giant panda has arguably the strongest jaws pound to pound. I might be wrong but it could be because it is decendent of the shot faced bear family.
The "King" of the bears - comparison between the Polar bear and the Brown bear
