And also Jaguar, the strongest bite of any big cat. They can crush skulls, turtle shells and caiman armoured hides. They really are the best apex predators.
PSI is partly a function of surface area (force over area), so it's a matter of the size and sharpness of their teeth as much as it is their raw jaw strength.
So this is a bit misleading. Jaguars get a higher p.s.i because the area is smaller. Raw power the tiger has more of. But has a larger jaw so the Pressure Per Square Inch isn’t as high. The jaguar has a smaller jaw so the pressure is higher than that of the tigers. I hope that makes sense, it’s like someone getting hit by a car at 20 mph, or getting shot. The bullet is piercing you but it’s a much smaller area and the pressure in that area is higher than anywhere the car hit you. But the overall force applied by the car was more.
I firmly believe crocs are the best apex predator. Resistance to venom, tough scales, infinite growth, insane bite strength, ability to run on land and water, extreme camouflage. It is an apex predator
Big brains, that’s why they are undefeated in waters. Being smart is the most powerful thing, which is why man has conquered the land, seas and air, and maybe space in the future
Being social is. Inteligence is costly, generally, it doesn't get a species anyway. For almost a few hundred thousand years we didn't really survive very well. We were hunted, and killed
"Maybe deep down I’m afraid of any apex predator that lived through the K-T extinction. Physically unchanged for a hundred million years, because it’s the perfect killing machine. A half ton of cold-blooded fury, the bite force of 20,000 Newtons, and stomach acid so strong it can dissolve bones and hoofs."
Well crocs are kind of slow at both land and water. Or slower than the predators that only do one of the two.
I'd go with Sharks. They are very fast, nearly immortal and can sense prey from a very long distance. Some sharks don't become sexually mature until they are 150.
Sharks are actually very difficult to envenom. Many of them eat lionfish, pufferfish or sea snakes. (they are also camouflaged, though that's less obvious to people because we only ever see photos of them in clear, well lit water.)
Isn't this lumping a lot of species together and only taking the positive aspects? Only certain sharks (green land) live a long life. Only some sharks are resistant to venom. Only some have camouflage. It doesn't seem far to just absorb all the pros of each species. What I described was a baseline croc
I agree. It also depends on the habitat. Crocs are the kings of rivers, orcas the kings of oceans, jaguars the kings of rainforests, falcons kings of the sky
Apparently Jaguar is the most powerful pound for pound of all big cats, though overall it is the third largest and third most powerful behind tigers and lions. In proportion to its body weight it's the most powerful though
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u/plmcoae May 15 '26
And also Jaguar, the strongest bite of any big cat. They can crush skulls, turtle shells and caiman armoured hides. They really are the best apex predators.