Jake Young is a 
Men are 12 times more likely than women to sustain severe human bite injuries for which surgery may be necessary, according to a study published in the July issue of the Emergency Medicine Journal.Injuries are most likely to occur during brawls at weekends or public holidays and in most cases alcohol is involved.
The researchers reviewed the 92 patients requiring assessment for human bite wounds by the plastic surgery service at St James�s Hospital Dublin, Ireland, between January 2003 and December 2005. Eight five of them (92%) were men and the 92 patients had a total of 96 bites.
Alcohol was implicated in 86% of the injuries and illicit drugs in 12%. Seventy per cent of incidents resulting in a bite wound had occurred during the weekend or on a public holiday.
"What are you going to do this Labor Day, Bill?"
"Um, probably get drunk and bite somebody. You?"
I am not shocked that human-on-human bite wounds involve mostly men or that alcohol is often required. I am just a little surprised that someone decided to do a study about it.
Comments
Right up there with the study finding that Sword Swallowers get soar throats
I would be more interested in who is doing the biting...
Posted by: thetumtumtree | June 20, 2007 11:43 AM
I note that in retaliation for the biting incident, someone's drawn silly lines on Tyson's face, probably with magic marker.
Presumably the idea is that he'll be so embarrassed at looking like a tit that he'll be less likely to bite more people.
Posted by: Ed Yong | June 20, 2007 2:28 PM