Wednesday 7 January 2009

More research we could have done without.

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Researchers have found that sharks in fact have very weak jaws for their size and can bite through their prey only because they have very sharp teeth - and because they can grow to be so big.

"Pound for pound, sharks don't bite all that hard," Daniel Huber of the University of Tampa in Florida, who led the study, said

- The Telegraph, UK.
Big mouth, very sharp teeth. Seems enough for me.

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19 comments:

  1. Tell that to the little surfer girl who now surfs on-armed. I'm thinking it doesn't really matter HOW hard they bite... just THAT they bite!

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  2. Lee, I'm with you... enough for me.

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  3. They are one of the scariest, if not the scariest, creatures on earth. As far as I'm considered they're all bite.

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  4. They don't have to be strong. They just have to be strong enough. Dumb research.

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  5. I don't think I really want to test that jaw strength.

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  6. WHO has the time and money to waste like this....??

    "Geeeezz.... thanks idiot"..whoever you are!

    :)

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  7. Crikey it must have been a genius who worked that out. I am at a loss why money is spent on that kind of research

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  8. It still won't encourage mum to go in the sea.

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  9. Yeah - try telling people who have been bitten by sharks: "Oh but they don't bite that hard!"

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  10. it's enough to keep me out of the atlantic ocean. (the pacific is too cold to swim in.)

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  11. Luckily the Grey nurses we dived with has smaller jaws! This one, I would like to meet through a steel cage, gotta do it one day, ouf the coast of Africa.

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  12. "Further research indicates that with an increase in sharpness, there is a corresponding increase in the cutting effectiveness. Shark Catcher/Researcher Vin Dictive explains:
    'You ever try and cut a mooring rope with a pair of kid's scissors? No, what you need is like a scalpel the size of a machete, with a keen edge!' he said, tying off a bait hook with the two fingers of his right hand while holding it steady with his remaining left index finger."


    Lee: I stumbled here through Henry The Dog, Braja and Heinous. Nice to make your acquaintance! I have checked in here from time to time, and have now had time to read more. Good stuff, I look forward to reading more!

    BTW, that Caveat Emptor post on Hen Buddhism: hilarious!

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  13. Oh, right, I'm off right now to apply for lots of funding to research into how big, old, toothless sharks can give unwary bathers some very nasty sucks.

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  14. Why do they have to waste time on silly research like this?

    Why not research on how to make he sinfully delicious chocolates that won'tmake you gain weight, lose all your teeth and suffer from diabetes?

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  15. I certainly wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of one of those "weak" jaw bites!

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  16. The shadow of a shark
    is very often dark.
    But if you tickle behind their knees,
    quite often you will make them sneeze.
    Still, I'll just stick to the swings in the park.

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  17. Hmmm...perhaps it will help us design better false teeth? That way we can still bite through a nice steak after our teeth have rotted from all that chocolate?

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  18. Wow...I know the school...just down the road!
    Sorry to interrupt just lurking about! :)

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  19. I would be interested in the results of how strong the neck (do they have neck?) muscles are for their size. I would hazard a guess that they are above average given they dont kill by slamming shut their jaws and crunching but thrash their heads from side to side. This turns their teeth into mini-saws. The jaw strength is not as relevant to the shark i would have thought. Oh well.

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