Land animal with the strongest bite

In February 2012, scientists from the Universities of Liverpool and Manchester (both UK) published their discovery of the power of the jaws of Tyrannosaurus rex. They made a 3D computer model of a T. rex skull using a laser scanner and the digitally mapped muscles onto it. By making the digital muscles snap the jaws shut, the team estimated that the maximum force generated (at the back teeth), was up to 57,000 N (5,812 kgf; 12,814 lbf) – equivalent to the force of a medium-sized elephant sitting on the ground. On 4 April 2018, the scientists published a correction to their original calculations, lowering the estimated T. rex bite force slightly to 53,735 N (5,479 kgf; 12,080 lbf).