国家地理:Bite Force 咬合力

You get me a bigger one? We got one more guy to try. Alright. And he is, he is a locked animal, so let's see what we can do.

Peggy takes me to the biggest most aggressive wolf here. He is over a hundred pounds. So that is a big male. This wolf lost its natural fear of humans because it was hand raised at another facility. When it arrived at the center it wouldn't allow anyone close. It even attacked Peggy. But still, the animal must be cared for. So Peggy and her staff are trying a new strategy. They gang up like a pack to assert their dominance.

That's him. Yeah. He's trash talking. Are you ready? He's talking a smack¹. He he he. Be very careful. Alright. So. I suggest what we do. You guys just sweep down this side and push him. Ok. And we will take him either that corner or that corner.

To get it to bite the bar, we have to corner it. And cornered animals are always dangerous encounters. That's intimidating². That's right. He is big. The closer we get, the bigger the wolf looks.

Look at the hair standing³ up on his back.
Stay right where you are. Go ahead and give me some bite on it.
406 pounds. Ok. And that was kind of a defensive⁴ bite and that's one hell of a defensive bite over 400 pounds. That's the highest bite force I've ever recorded from a canine⁵. More force than its cousins--Africa's wild dogs that came in at 317 pounds and domestic dog at 328. All right, Rocky, Ok, Ok, Ok. Come on. Wolves may pack a lot more bark in their bite than their canine counterparts. But they can't compete with the bite force of a giant croc. Part of the reason may be that unlike crocs, adult wolves have one set of teeth for life; they have to be very careful not to damage them biting too hard. One way to do that is by relying on the combined bite strength of the pack.


canine: Of, relating to, or characteristic of the canids. 犬科动物

1 smack   

vt.拍，打，掴；咂嘴；vi.含有…意味；n.拍

参考例句：

• She gave him a smack on the face.她打了他一个嘴巴。
• I gave the fly a smack with the magazine.我用杂志拍了一下苍蝇。

2 intimidating   

vt.恐吓，威胁( intimidate的现在分词)

参考例句：

• They were accused of intimidating people into voting for them. 他们被控胁迫选民投他们的票。
• This kind of questioning can be very intimidating to children. 这种问话的方式可能让孩子们非常害怕。

3 standing   

n.持续，地位；adj.永久的，不动的，直立的，不流动的

参考例句：

• After the earthquake only a few houses were left standing.地震过后只有几幢房屋还立着。
• They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改。

4 defensive   

adj.防御的；防卫的；防守的

参考例句：

• Their questions about the money put her on the defensive.他们问到钱的问题，使她警觉起来。
• The Government hastily organized defensive measures against the raids.政府急忙布置了防卫措施抵御空袭。

5 canine   

adj.犬的，犬科的

参考例句：

• The fox is a canine animal.狐狸是犬科动物。
• Herbivorous animals have very small canine teeth,or none.食草动物的犬牙很小或者没有。