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I'd imagine it's not uncommon for bite marks to be at least one piece of evidence. Victim struggles, bites assailant, cops arrest somebody with a bite mark, sus

I'd imagine it's not uncommon for bite marks to be at least one piece of evidence. Victim struggles, bites assailant, cops arrest somebody with a bite mark, suspect insists it's from some fun times with their SO and not from a victim defending themselves, cops call upon their pseudoscientists to "prove" that the bite mark came from the victim. Or another way around, a victim of a violent assault might have been bit while fighting off their attacker. In a grappling scenario, there is definitely a portion of the population who will instinctively use their teeth, from my experience in water polo, I'd reckon about a quarter of people.

MezzoDelCammin 4y ago
do people in water polo really bite each other? Sounds pretty vicious...
- consp 4y ago
  I've seen it happen once in over 15 years of playing it on a "Beer-team" level. 25% sounds a bit much but YMMV for region to region and level of play.
  - OkayPhysicist 4y ago
    Maybe. Might also have something to do with your position. I was a whole set/whole D/bruiser for my high school teams, so I spent a lot more time in direct contact with other players than most.
- OkayPhysicist 4y ago
  It's a vicious sport. More so in women's polo, where the brute strength range is a lot smaller than in men's. I played at the highschool level, where the violence is vicious, as opposed to the university level where I'd better describe it as "brutal". Players treat the game as team vs. team vs. referee, so it's basically a melee until you think you can flop a bit to get the ref to kick an opposing player out.
smcl 4y ago
Here's one such example of a biter, not in polo but football: https://www.businessinsider.com/luis-suarez-biting-history-2014-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/luis-suarez-biting-history-2...
xorcist 4y ago
Surely there must be tons of DNA when somebody gets bitten? Even if the mere presence is not enough for a conviction, it should be enough to disprove that "fun times" explanation.
- banannaise 4y ago
  It's very hard to get a reliable DNA sample from the body of a different person.

MezzoDelCammin 4y ago

do people in water polo really bite each other? Sounds pretty vicious...

consp 4y ago
I've seen it happen once in over 15 years of playing it on a "Beer-team" level. 25% sounds a bit much but YMMV for region to region and level of play.
- OkayPhysicist 4y ago
  Maybe. Might also have something to do with your position. I was a whole set/whole D/bruiser for my high school teams, so I spent a lot more time in direct contact with other players than most.
OkayPhysicist 4y ago
It's a vicious sport. More so in women's polo, where the brute strength range is a lot smaller than in men's. I played at the highschool level, where the violence is vicious, as opposed to the university level where I'd better describe it as "brutal". Players treat the game as team vs. team vs. referee, so it's basically a melee until you think you can flop a bit to get the ref to kick an opposing player out.

smcl 4y ago

Here's one such example of a biter, not in polo but football: https://www.businessinsider.com/luis-suarez-biting-history-2014-6 https://www.businessinsider.com/luis-suarez-biting-history-2...

xorcist 4y ago

Surely there must be tons of DNA when somebody gets bitten? Even if the mere presence is not enough for a conviction, it should be enough to disprove that "fun times" explanation.

banannaise 4y ago
It's very hard to get a reliable DNA sample from the body of a different person.