Knockdown Power.

This article focuses on actual case studies regarding the role of bullets in animal deaths. Animals drop because of damage to the brain or the spinal column, which stops signals to the legs, and die when the oxygen in their brains runs out. The bullet's impact is not the direct cause. Thick hides, heavy bones, and massive muscles are too much for a small bullet to get through to where it has to do its work. A big bullet will penetrate, but it doesn't knock anything to the ground. Similarly, high velocity is useful only because it makes hitting at long range much easier than low velocity. INSET: Deaf Is Deaf.