Editing Animal bite (section)

===Vertebrates===
[[File:Jaw of the piranha.jpg|thumb|Jaw of the piranha with biting equipment displayed]]
*Companion animals, including [[dog]]s, [[cat]]s, [[rat]]s, [[ferret]]s, and [[companion parrot|parrots]], may bite humans.
*[[Wildlife]] may sometimes bite humans. The bites of various mammals such as [[bat]]s, [[skunk]]s, [[gray wolf|wolves]], [[raccoon]]s, etc. may transmit [[rabies]], which is almost always fatal if left untreated.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Minghui|first=Ren|last2=Stone|first2=Matthew|last3=Semedo|first3=Maria Helena|last4=Nel|first4=Louis|date=August 2018|title=New global strategic plan to eliminate dog-mediated rabies by 2030|journal=The Lancet Global Health|volume=6|issue=8|pages=e828–e829|doi=10.1016/s2214-109x(18)30302-4|issn=2214-109X|doi-access=free}}</ref>
*[[Human bite]]s are themselves capable of doing great flesh damage, but are particularly known for spreading communicable diseases

Involuntary [[biting]] injuries due to closed-fist injuries from fists striking teeth (referred to as reverse bite injuries) are a common consequence of [[Hand to hand combat|fist fights]]. These have been termed "fight bites". Injuries in which the [[Knuckle|knuckle joints]] or [[tendon]]s of the hand are bitten into tend to be the most serious.

Teething infants are known to bite objects to relieve pressure on their growing teeth, and may inadvertently bite people's hands or arms while doing so. Young children may also bite people out of anger or misbehaviour, although this is usually corrected early in the child's life.