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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 weeks ago (3 children)

There's no way a human's bite is only 30% less than a dog's. Our jaws have shitty leverage to chomp down hard.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 4 weeks ago

We are omnivores and do a lot of chewing. Dogs don't really chew, just rip.

Some great apes that have more raw plants in their diet even have a bony ridge on their skull that the jaw muscles attach to.

Our jaws actually have great leverage, our molars are very close to where the jaw muscle attaches.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Not all dogs are the same, of course. Some dog breeds can bite harder than wolves. We selectively bred them for chomp strength.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 weeks ago (1 children)

It's averaged out, the real values are in a range, they just took the average between them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

I bet chihuahuas are bringing down the average