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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•12 hours agoHow is this calculated? Presumably you could directly measure all but the T-Rex and pliosaur, but how are those bits forces calculated?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish15•12 hours agoI’m no BiteForceologist but I was assume they compare muscle size, muscle attachment points, and mechanical advantage of extant creatures and then apply that data to fossils. So not 100% accurate, but not just guessing randomly.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•11 hours agoFor the extant creatures you give them something they want to bite on and stick a measurement thing inside of that. For extinct creatures see other comment. You compare anatomy and do math.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•12 hours agoSoooo it’s not the number of this guy they can eat?
How is this calculated? Presumably you could directly measure all but the T-Rex and pliosaur, but how are those bits forces calculated?
I’m no BiteForceologist but I was assume they compare muscle size, muscle attachment points, and mechanical advantage of extant creatures and then apply that data to fossils. So not 100% accurate, but not just guessing randomly.
For the extant creatures you give them something they want to bite on and stick a measurement thing inside of that.
For extinct creatures see other comment. You compare anatomy and do math.
Soooo it’s not the number of this guy they can eat?