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So, each of my dogs have 10 teeth more than I do. I guess that's fair - they have bigger mouths as well.
What about other animals? Say... a shark?
According to sharkwatchsa.com, a white shark has about 24 exposed teeth on their top and lower jaws respectively. Behind these 48, a white shark can have 5 more rows of developing teeth! When the shark loses one main tooth, a developing tooth rotates in and replaces it.
Alligators have a similar system. An alligator has an average of 80 teeth in the mouth at any one time, and when one falls out, another one takes its place.
Going back to mammals, dolphins have a surprising amount of teeth. An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin has between 80 and 100 teeth. The short-beaked common dolphin has around 240.
240 teeth sounds like a lot, but that's nothing compared to a snail. Some snails have just a few teeth, but others have thousands. I'm sure glad snails don't eat humans. Or dogs.
~ Maria Sadowski ~
My little sister is in the process of getting her big dog teeth...we already started her brushing her teeth and she loves it. She lines up to wait at night for her turn to get them chompers brushed!
ReplyDeleteAwww, that's so cute! I bet her mouth itches, though. Does she chase you around wanting to chew on you? XD
DeleteOne thing that I forgot about when we brought home Blue was the sharpness of puppy teeth. Wow!
ReplyDelete"I'm gonna bite your heeeeeels! And let me chew you fingers, please, please, please, and that chair needs to be re-designed..." ;-)
DeleteI think I only knew the amount of human teeth! Which is kind of sad considering I used to do dentals on dogs all the time lol. Amazing numbers.
ReplyDeleteI didn't even know how many teeth a human has... I'm fascinated with the shark and alligator and their "spare teeth." Convenient! =D
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