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dc.contributor.authorWroe, Stephenen
dc.contributor.authorHuber, D Ren
dc.contributor.authorLowry, Men
dc.contributor.authorMcHenry, Cen
dc.contributor.authorMoreno, Ken
dc.contributor.authorClausen, Pen
dc.contributor.authorFerrara, T Len
dc.date.accessioned2014-04-28T14:39:00Z-
dc.date.issued2008-
dc.identifier.citationJournal of Zoology, 276(4), p. 336-342en
dc.identifier.issn1469-7998en
dc.identifier.issn0952-8369en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14841-
dc.description.abstractThe notorious jaws of the white shark 'Carcharodon carcharias' are widely feared, yet poorly understood. Neither its bite force, nor how such force might be delivered using relatively elastic cartilaginous jaws, have been quantified or described. We have digitally reconstructed the jaws of a white shark to estimate maximum bite force and examine relationships among their three-dimensional geometry, material properties and function. We predict that bite force in large white sharks may exceed c. 1.8 tonnes, the highest known for any living species, and suggest that forces may have been an order of magnitude greater still in the gigantic fossil species 'Carcharodon megalodon'. However, jaw adductor-generated force in 'Carcharodon' appears unremarkable when the predator's body mass is considered. Although the shark's cartilaginous jaws undergo considerably greater deformation than would jaws constructed of bone, effective bite force is not greatly diminished.en
dc.languageenen
dc.publisherWiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltden
dc.relation.ispartofJournal of Zoologyen
dc.titleThree-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanics: how hard can a great white bite?en
dc.typeJournal Articleen
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1469-7998.2008.00494.xen
dc.subject.keywordsAnimal Structure and Functionen
local.contributor.firstnameStephenen
local.contributor.firstnameD Ren
local.contributor.firstnameMen
local.contributor.firstnameCen
local.contributor.firstnameKen
local.contributor.firstnamePen
local.contributor.firstnameT Len
local.subject.for2008060807 Animal Structure and Functionen
local.subject.seo2008970106 Expanding Knowledge in the Biological Sciencesen
local.profile.schoolSchool of Environmental and Rural Scienceen
local.profile.schoolZoologyen
local.profile.schoolZoologyen
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local.profile.emailswroe@une.edu.auen
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local.record.placeauen
local.record.institutionUniversity of New Englanden
local.identifier.epublicationsrecordune-20140411-161516en
local.publisher.placeUnited Kingdomen
local.format.startpage336en
local.format.endpage342en
local.identifier.scopusid56849096317en
local.peerreviewedYesen
local.identifier.volume276en
local.identifier.issue4en
local.title.subtitlehow hard can a great white bite?en
local.contributor.lastnameWroeen
local.contributor.lastnameHuberen
local.contributor.lastnameLowryen
local.contributor.lastnameMcHenryen
local.contributor.lastnameMorenoen
local.contributor.lastnameClausenen
local.contributor.lastnameFerraraen
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local.identifier.unepublicationidune:15056en
local.identifier.handlehttps://hdl.handle.net/1959.11/14841en
dc.identifier.academiclevelAcademicen
local.title.maintitleThree-dimensional computer analysis of white shark jaw mechanicsen
local.output.categorydescriptionC1 Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journalen
local.search.authorWroe, Stephenen
local.search.authorHuber, D Ren
local.search.authorLowry, Men
local.search.authorMcHenry, Cen
local.search.authorMoreno, Ken
local.search.authorClausen, Pen
local.search.authorFerrara, T Len
local.uneassociationUnknownen
local.year.published2008en
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