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A gauge attached to the device gave the scientists readings of the animals' bite force in psi. The American alligator clamped his jaws around the device exerting an average of 2,980 psi and ranked fifth overall in terms of bite strength among the species tested. In comparison, animals such as hyenas, lions and tigers bite with a force around 1,000 psi.
Only 10 percent of alligator hatchlings survive to measure 4 feet long. But then they're home free, unless they are hit by a car or shot. A male can grow to 14 feet and weigh 1,000 pounds, produce and discard 3,000 teeth in a lifetime, and still be growing at age 40. And yet, says Lang, when you look at how an alligator's sex is determined, you might think they'd all have been extinct ages ago.