Article: NSW: Scientists test "bite force" of great white shark


AAP General News (Australia)
07-24-2007
NSW: Scientists test "bite force" of great white shark

By Kim Christian

SYDNEY, July 24 AAP - Scientists are looking inside the jaws of a deadly great white
shark in an attempt to determine its "bite force".

A 2.4 metre male white shark, found dead in a shark net on the NSW Central Coast, has
been CT scanned and dissected to allow its dimensions to be uploaded into a computer model
developed by a team of researchers from the University of NSW (UNSW) and Newcastle University.

Dr Stephen Wroe from UNSW said the model, which is in the early stages of development,
would help scientists understand how the shark's skull, jaw and muscles worked ...

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