The mighty cockroach packs a powerful bite, thanks to jaws that can grind 5 times stronger than a human, or with 50 times more force than the bug's body weight, researchers said Wednesday.
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The creatures don't always chomp so ferociously.
Only if they need to chew through tough materials like wood
will they activate certain slow twitch muscle fibers in their jaw by order to
launch a force boost that is necessary for a repetitive, heavy-duty task, said
the study in the journal PLOS ONE.