I was thinking just now wondering if you could hold your full body weight with just your teeth. This thought probably stemmed from a scene in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events in which Sunny is hanging from the table she is firmly biting onto. The human body is an amazing thing, and I'm often surprised and astounded by it's capabilities, So who knows? Maybe doing something like that is quite possible.
Anyway, this wouldn't be a multi-million page-view blog if I wasn't the type to actually pursue experimental data regarding my ideas. So, as surely as there are hundreds of you reading this today, I did a few experiments.
First, to test the feasibility of this notion on a small scale, i grabbed my backpack (approx. 25 lbs.) with my teeth and picked it up. Not too difficult, not painful on the teeth either.
Next, I wanted to repeat the experiment with something heavier, something between my weight (approx. 169.7 lbs) and my backpack's weight. what's about 100 pounds that I can bite and get a good grip, using all my teeth? A 100 lb bag of mulch. It was a bit awkward because of it's size, but I stood up on a chair, and carefully balancing, I was able to squat down and grab it, making sure it was secure in my teeth, then slowly lift it. I got it about 3 inches off the ground, but it hurt my teeth and I didn't want to lose any.
Would I be able to lift something 70 lbs. heavier?
to be continued! (with pics and emergency room visit!)
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