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SUBMITTER: Grubich JR
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3526859 | biostudies-other | 2012
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Scientific reports 20121220
Here, we document in-vivo bite forces recorded from wild piranhas. Integrating this empirical data with allometry, bite simulations, and FEA, we have reconstructed the bite capabilities and potential feeding ecology of the extinct giant Miocene piranha, Megapiranha paranensis. An anterior bite force of 320 N from the black piranha, Serrasalmus rhombeus, is the strongest bite force recorded for any bony fish to date. Results indicate M. paranensis' bite force conservatively ranged from 1240-4749 ...[more]