is it possible for creature to have loose jaw like snake but also has enough bite strength to bit off big chunk like most predator or human do?

I want to create a glutton creature that can open its mouth wider than the prey item like snakes do, but also can bite through that big hard object and even chew it; this creature doesn't swallow prey whole but instead bites or chews the major part of it in a single bite.

I want to know if this is possible and, if so, what the musculature/anatomy/biomechanism looks like.

I feel this is a contradiction, but correct me if I am wrong and this is actually achievable or exists in real life.

• It just has one mouth/jaw, so no double mouth like xenomorph in Alien movie or moray eel.

• I am not asking about other methods to shred or chop off the big part (for example: crocodiles spin to bite off the meat chunk)

• Its bite is large enough to encompass something like half of the prey's body, so no small bite to eat its prey.

posted over 4 years ago

Li Jun‭

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