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Toothed fish like sharks are known as polyphyodonts, animals that have multiple sets of replacement teeth. Their tooth replacement process occurs in sort of a wave pattern: from the back of the jaw forward.
- What animals have specialized teeth?
- Which animal has best teeth?
- What animal has 25000 teeth?
- Do all mammals have specialized teeth?
- What teeth do hippos have?
- What animal has 32 brains?
- Do opossums have teeth?
- Do turtles have teeth?
- Do giraffes have teeth?
- What animal has the biggest teeth in history?
- What animal has no brain?
What animals have specialized teeth?
Hawks & owls have sharply hooked beaks to tear flesh. Cats & dogs have a specialized pair of large slicing teeth (PM4/M1) called "carnassials" that form the major slicing pair of teeth in the jaws. Cats have reduced their other molars so they slice & swallow, with minimal chewing of food.
Which animal has best teeth?
On land. Deep in South America's rainforests, the giant armadillo (Priodontes maximus) tops the land mammal tooth count, at 74 teeth.
What animal has 25000 teeth?
Snails: Even though their mouths are no larger than the head of a pin, they can have over 25,000 teeth over a lifetime – which are located on the tongue and continually lost and replaced like a shark!
Do all mammals have specialized teeth?
And some mammals don't need any teeth at all! Mammal teeth are specialized for their diets. Mammal teeth can look really different from each other. But mammals' mouths have four main types of teeth: incisors, canines, premolars, and molars.
What teeth do hippos have?
The tusk-like incisors and canines grow continuously. The lower incisors are longer than the uppers and project forward. The lower canines are the largest of the tusk-like teeth and curve up above the upper tooth row. The cheek teeth are progressively more complex toward the back of the jaw.
What animal has 32 brains?
Leech has 32 brains. A leech's internal structure is segregated into 32 separate segments, and each of these segments has its own brain. Leech is an annelid.
Do opossums have teeth?
They have dark colored feet, a whitish face, naked ears and a hairless tail. Virginia Opossums have 50 teeth, the most of any North American mammal. Did you know? Opossums use their tails to brace themselves while climbing trees.
Do turtles have teeth?
Summary: Today's turtles don't have teeth; they cut off their food using hard ridges on their jaws. But their ancestors were not so dentally challenged. A team of international researchers has now discovered that turtles with remnants of teeth survived 30 million years later than previously thought.
Do giraffes have teeth?
Giraffes do have long teeth, especially the roots. Their molars are not as wide as a cows, but then their heads are narrower. And, a grown giraffe has 32 teeth – just like a person.
What animal has the biggest teeth in history?
With little doubt, then, it should come as no surprise that the animal that holds the record for the largest teeth in the world ever, has to be the prehistoric mastodon. This predecessor of the modern elephant had tusks around 420 cm in length although this is from fossils found so far.
What animal has no brain?
There is one organism that has no brain or nervous tissue of any kind: the sponge. Sponges are simple animals, surviving on the sea floor by taking nutrients into their porous bodies.
