Went to a Domestic call one night, guy is buck nekkid with a young lady when his estranged wife broke in and tried to assault the new object of his attentions. While he was trying to put pants on and wrestle her out the door the soon to be Ex latched on to his side below his right nipple. It literally looked like something out of Jaws. Wife went to jail, he went for stitches.
Ironically the Rookie I was training that night had a mental patient latch on to his hand a few years later and that resulted in surgery to fix.
I’ve seen more damage from people bites than dog bites over the years.
When I was working in psychiatric day treatment with elementary age kids, biting was an extremely common occurrence, at least 2-3 times a week. A nine year old knows he can't punch hard enough to injure a grown man, but he can bite hard enough. I got really good at both deflecting and gaining release from bite attacks. Loose sleeves are also great, since the teeth slide off your forearm and onto the fabric.
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Our older daughter had a little friend (boy) that was a biter. When they were around 5, this kid ran up to me while I was on the couch and bit me on the inner thigh, just missing my nutsack. It very painful and surprising, and in a sensitive area--I reacted without thinking and yanked the kid off me so hard he left the ground and fell a couple feet away. The mom wasn't happy, but knew her kid had serious issues.
Biting kids should have to wear muzzles.
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
“There is no growth in the comfort zone.”--Jocko Willink
"You can never have too many knives." --Joe Ambercrombie
Mike Tyson bit Evander Holyfield during a 1997 match. I observed that in my inner city school, biting occurred during fights. In corrections I observed biting to be a common practice in juvenile centers. In my samples females used the tactic more. Female employees were frequently bit on a nipple during which time the offender wrapped arms and legs around the employee and followed her to the ground. The best tool for "breaking a bite" is an electric cattle prod. Threat of using it most often resolves the issue. If not, a quick jolt effects release without causing sprains or joint damage or other injuries seen in applying physical force to idiots. The idea is highly unattractive, and past abuse of electric prods has removed them from facilities.
It's a good rule of, er, thumb across mammals. It's physiology: "feeding" the bite -- meaning applying force toward it with the limb or digit being bit, causes the jaw to open wider, thus less biting force can be applied, and pushed far enough inward induces a sense of gagging and choking that often "breaks" the bite just long enough to quickly withdraw from it.
Instinct when being bitten is to immediately pull away, which usually is least effective.
Hain’t we got all the fools in town on our side? And ain’t that a big enough majority in any town?