Dentists warn of giant burger dangers - over- extending jaw injuries

Dentists in Taiwan are urging fast food restaurants to put health warnings on giant burgers to warn customers of the dangers of over-extending their jaws.

They say many burger eaters have ended up having to see dentists for treatment to jaw-related injuries after trying to eat extra large burgers, reports the China Post.

Hsu Ming-lun, associate professor of the School of Dentistry of National Yang-Ming University, said two fast food chains in particular were responsible for the problem.

Some diners had suffered sore jaws and some even had difficulties opening their mouths - typical symptoms of Temporomandibular dysfunction, an injury related to jaws, he added.

Another dentist, Chen Yun-chih, said people normally opened their mouth up to four centimetres to eat but some of the burgers were more than eight centimetres high.

http://web.orange.co.uk/article/quirkies/Denists_warn_of_giant_burger_dangers

It's kind of the same thing.

...then again, I'm British and I can eat soup with a knife and fork... lol

One has bigger problems than TMD.

:rofl:




Snake bursts after gobbling gator

The predators died in the clash

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/4313978.stm

An unusual clash between a 6-foot (1.8m) alligator and a 13-foot (3.9m) python has left two of the deadliest predators dead in Florida's swamps.

The Burmese python tried to swallow its fearsome rival whole but then exploded. The remains of the two giant reptiles were found by astonished rangers in the Everglades National Park. The rangers say the find suggests that non-native Burmese pythons might even challenge alligators' leading position in the food chain in the swamps. The python's remains were found with the victim's tail protruding from its burst midsection. The head of the python was missing.

"Encounters like that are almost never seen in the wild... And here we are," Frank Mazzotti, a University of Florida wildlife professor, was quoted as saying by the Associated Press news agency.

"They were probably evenly matched in size. If the python got a good grip on the alligator before the alligator got a good grip on him, he could win," Professor Mazzotti said.

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I'd recommend not spending time there.