Human teeth vs. Animal teeth

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Human teethvs.Animal teeth
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Do you think you have the same teeth as animals?
What do you think animals use their teeth
for?Can you think of an animal that has very
different teeth from our teeth?What animal do
you think has the biggest teeth?Can you think
of any animals that have no teeth?
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Alligator
Alligator teeth are used for catching food, not
tearing food. They have about 80 teeth that
continuously fall out and grow back in throughout
their life. They also use their teeth to fight
and defend their territory.
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Dog
Dogs have two sets of teeth much like humans.
They have a total of 42 permanent teeth. They use
their teeth to eat, defend themselves in a fight,
show emotion, and groom themselves.
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Lion
Lions have 30 teeth which help them tear their
food. There teeth are very strong in order to eat
other animals. They also use their teeth to scare
off enemies, carry their babies, and groom
themselves.
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Walrus
A walrus has very interesting teeth. They have
two very long, strong tusks used to pull their
heavy bodies out of the water onto ice blocks.
They have a total of 18 teeth that help them chew
their food.
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Shark
Sharks have many teeth. They usually have five
rows of teeth in their mouth. A shark loses a row
of teeth about every 10-14 days. Sharks use their
teeth to catch and hold their food. Sharks
swallow their food whole, so their teeth are not
used for chewing.
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Koala
Koalas have very sharp teeth used to chew leaves.
They have 2 incisors used to pull the leaves off
the branches. The molars are in the back of the
koalas mouth and they help chew the leaves.
Koalas do not have canine teeth.
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Dolphin
Dolphins have about 100 cone shaped teeth. The
teeth are used to help them catch and chew their
food. Dolphins keep there teeth for their whole
life.
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Elephant
Elephants have six sets of teeth that grow in
throughout their lives. They have very long tusks
in the front of their faces which are actually
very big incisors. They are used to dig for
water, protect from enemies, and strip bark off
of trees.
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Rabbit
Rabbits use their teeth to eat, groom themselves,
show emotion, and mark territory. The two teeth
in the front are incisors, and they are the
biggest of the 28 teeth that a rabbit has.
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Hippopotamus
Hippopotamuss have four very big, sharp canine
teeth. They do not use these teeth to eat, they
use them to fight. These teeth stay sharp from
constantly fighting other hippos. Hippopotamus's
spend most of their days in the water, but they
only eat plant life found on land.
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