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[–] [email protected] 14 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Bothered by the units but not the lack of factoring for size differences? https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bite_force_quotient

It would seem the unit you want for the SI biting force quotient is the Newton per kilogram.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 months ago

I don't think it matters how big the thing biting you is, just how likely it is to rip bits off.

A weasel has nearly 4 times the Bite Force Quotient of a Moon Bear, but I'd take many Weasel bites before a single Moon Bear bite.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

It's not so much the force that is important, regardless of if it's normalized for body size, it's the pressure that does damage. psi (or Pa in SI) is the appropriate unit.