This scaly creature is long and scary looking reptile, look at those powerful jaws. Rather than facing off against prey directly, crocodiles prefer to use ambush tactics to stealthily hunt their food. When they clamp down on an animal, it is near impossible to escape because the bite force of a crocodile's bite which measures at 3700 pounds per square inch. Crocodiles have by far, the strongest bite force of any animal recorded so far.