Named after an ancient Canaanite god, an extinct frog that lived in Madagascar could probably bite so hard that small dinosaurs were in danger of ending up on its menu.
'Bite force research reveals dinosaur-eating frog' was the title of a recent article in Science Daily.
The article is a report on research published in the journal Scientific Reports on how hard modern South American horned frogs could bite.
The study authors assume that the frog Beelzebufo lived some “68 million years” ago and resembled modern South American horned frogs in many ways.
They propose that it could have had a bite force of almost 2200 Newtons (N), which is roughly the same as that of wolves or tigresses.