Saltwater Crocodile-Great White Shark interactions

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(01-18-2015, 12:30 PM)'Vodmeister' Wrote:

(01-11-2015, 08:13 PM)'GuateGojira' Wrote: Questions:

Which have the strongest bite, in absolute and relative therms??? Some says the crocodile, some others says the white shark.

Can anyone put data to back up?

Did crocodile skin can protect it from the bite of a big shark? This also apply in the other case too?

Too many statements from both sides, but I only see circumstantial evidence.

Interesting topic. Gregory M. Erickson and colleagues put all 23 living crocodilian species through an unprecedented bite test. The "winners"—saltwater crocodiles—slammed their jaws shut with 3,700 pounds per square inch (psi), or 16,460 newtons, of bite force."


"Bite forceA 2007 study from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia, used CT scans of a shark's skull and computer models to measure the shark's maximum bite force. The study reveals the forces and behaviors its skull is adapted to handle and resolves competing theories about its feeding behavior.[sup][39][/sup] In 2008, a team of scientists led by Stephen Wroe conducted an experiment to determine the great white shark's jaw power and findings indicated that a specimen more than 6.1 m (20 ft) long could exert a bite force of over 18,000 newtons (4,000 lbf)."

But I don't think they have actually been able to measure a GWS bite force while they have measured croc bite force. But either way, they both obviously possess enough power to kill any reasonably sized animal.


The largest croc ever weighed was 2,370lbs
The largest great white weighed was over 7,000lbs.... allegedly.

The one I posted was the 7,ooo lber and here is a 5,500 lber
[img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/Great_white_shark_caught_in_Seven_Star_Lake_in_1997.jpg" class="lozad max-img-size" alt="" title="">

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Great white shark caught off Hualien County, Taiwan, on 14 May 1997: It was reportedly almost 7 m (23 ft) in length with a mass of 2,500 kg (5,500 lb).[28]


So we are talking about a animal more than double the size of the croc, at minimum.
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