Strongest human bite

In August 1986, Richard Hofmann (b. 1949) of Lake City, Florida, USA, achieved a bite strength of 442 kg (975 lb) for approximately 2 sec in a research test using a gnathodynamometer at the College of Dentistry, University of Florida, USA. This figure is more than six times the normal biting strength. Richard Hofmann's awesome bite is a product of the powerful masseter muscles he pocesses in his jaw. The masseter is the strongest muscle in the human body. It is a short, thick muscle which runs down the side of each cheek from the cheekbone to the corner of the jawbone. The job of the masseter is to raise the lower jaw and compress the teeth together in order for humans to be able to chew.