Comment on PSI

NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• teletext@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  The average Green Winged Macaw can generate around 400 PSI in one bite – that’s much stronger than the average human bite!

  Moluccan Cockatoo: It’s bite force suprasses even that of the Macaw, weighing in at over 500 PSI.

  parrotwebsite.com/which-parrot-has-the-worst-bite…

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Because my brain is fundamentally incompatible with imperial measurements:

    500psi is equivalent to about 35kg of weight stacked into a centimetre square (so 35bar / 3500kpa)

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    • CodexArcanum@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bothered by the units but not the lack of factoring for size differences? 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.

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      • Tlaloc_Temporal@lemmy.ca ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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      • Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.

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  • onion@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Certainly a big number

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    • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      As far as numbers go, it’s definitely a number.

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    • drolex@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I thought it had to be either a big number, or a small number. So, yeah.

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  • Paradachshund@lemmy.today ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    How much is a human bite?

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    • samus12345@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      162 psi. More than a cat, less than a big dog.

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• Bassman1805@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  They crack nuts with their beaks, we had to invent a tool for that job.

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