A megalodon’s bite force is estimated at more than 10 times the force of a great white shark! The estimate comes from a study in the Journal of Zoology which used 3D computer analysis to determine the megalodon’s bite force.
The study found that the largest great white on record could produce a bite force of 18,216 newtons. Their model placed a ‘conservative’ estimate of megalodon’s bite force at 108,514 newtons, with a maximum estimate of 182,201 newtons!
At the upper range of these estimates, that bite force would translate to 41,000 pounds. Its estimated the bite force of a Tyrannosaurus was 8,000 pounds, and a lion is 1,000 pounds, so the megalodon’s bite had historical force behind it!