[Rockhounds] Extreme Bite Force of Giant, Extinct Frogs

[Paul]

The prehistoric 'Pac Man' frog that ate small
dinosaurs and has a bite as strong as a Tiger
By Cecil Borkhataria, MailOnline, Sept. 23, 2017
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-4908158/prehistoric-Pac-Man-frog-ate-small-dinosaurs.html 


The open access paper is:

Lappin, A. Kristopher , Sean C. Wilcox, David J. Moriarty,
Stephanie A. R. Stoeppler, Susan E. Evans & Marc E. H.
Jones, 2017, Bite force in the horned frog (Ceratophrys
cranwelli) with implications for extinct giant frogs
Scientific Reports 7, Article number: 11963 (2017)
doi:10.1038/s41598-017-11968-6
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-11968-6

Yours,

Paul H.