Animal teeth Animals' teeth are different depending upon what foods they eat.

Meat-eaters (carnivores) have sharp teeth. Plant-eaters (herbivores) have flat teeth. Animals that eat both plants and meat, like humans, have sharp teeth in front and flat teeth at the back.

1. What does an anteater eat? ants, termites and soft fruit 2. What does a grizzly bear eat? Fruit, berries, nuts, insects, honey, fish, lizards and rodents 3. What does a bobcat eat? Rabbits, rodents, sheep, deer and birds 4. What does a chimpanzee eat? Nuts, berries, fruit, insects and small mammals 5. What does a deer eat? Leaves, fruit, vines and grasses 6. What does an otter eat? Fish, frogs, small mammals and insects 7. What does a giraffe eat? Leaves, shrubs, vines and herbs 8. What does a maned wolf eat? Small mammals, reptiles, birds, and some fruit

Sharks lose teeth each week. They get new teeth when they lose the old ones. They may have over 20,000 teeth in a lifetime. Crocodiles have 60 teeth in their mouth at any one time and can grow up to 2-3,000 teeth during their lifetime. Poisonous snakes have hollow fangs which eject poison. Giraffes have 32 teeth, just like humans.

Elephants have four sets of teeth in their lifetime. Their tusks are the longest teeth in the world. Dolphins have more teeth than any other animal. Some dolphins have over 200 teeth. Scientists can tell the age of a dolphin by the rings on their teeth. Snowshoe rabbits fight with their teeth. Adult males, called bucks, fight one another with their teeth when they court the females or does. Baleen whales don't have teeth. Instead they have stiff, fringed plates, made of the same stuff as

human hair and fingernails. They hang down from the upper jaw and trap small fish and other food.
Teeth in animals vary greatly. Some animals, such as turtles and tortoises, are toothless. Other animals, such as sharks, may go through many teeth in their lifetime. The multiple replacement of teeth is known as polyphedont. Since the appearance of teeth reflects their function, the animal's diet may correspond to types of teeth. For example, carnassials are teeth in carnivores used for slicing food. Elephants' tusks are specialized incisors for digging food up and fighting.

Types of Animal Teeth Animal teeth have evolved and developed through the centuries in response to the particular eating and chewing needs of the individual species. Some teeth are highly developed in different animals for specific purposes. Meat-eating or fish-eating animals such as the tiger and seal have well-formed canines, that is, pointed teeth, also known as dogteeth and eyeteeth, for holding and tearing food. Horses and cattle, which are herbivores, have well-formed incisors for cutting grassy or pulpy foods, and broad, flat molars for grinding. Animals such as dogs and cats, which crush and tear their food, have many well-developed canines and sharp, narrow molars. Animals such as elephants, which grind their food, have large molars with many flat cusps. A few mammals and most fish and reptiles have open-rooted teeth that grow continuously to replace teeth eroded by use. Rodents generally have some open-rooted anterior teeth, as do tusked animals such as elephants and walruses. The beaver constantly uses its incisors to cut materials for building, and the incisors may grow at a rate of as much as 1.2 m (4 ft) in one year.

Many fish and reptiles have several forms of teeth, commonly of the sharp, cutting variety, used for grasping their prey. Several kinds of reptiles and fish may have teeth growing on the tongue, the palate, or as a second set in the throat. The teeth of crocodiles and alligators are firmly implanted in the jaw, much like human teeth. Turtles do not have teeth but only hard, sharp-edged bony plates on both jaws. Some toothless amphibians, such as frogs, may develop an egg tooth, which is used by the young animal to break through the egg. These teeth are shed shortly after birth and never reappear. Poisonous reptiles, such as rattlesnakes, have well-formed incisor teeth, or fangs, which they use to inject poison into their prey. Vampire bats have similarly welldeveloped incisors. Types of Animal Teeth

Incisors - are mainly concerned with getting food Canines - are mainly concerned with getting food and as weapons. Well developed canines are called "fangs" - eg big cats, or "tusks" eg walrus, hippos, elephant. Premolars and molars are used for chewing and grinding food (mastication)

Ruminants (cattle, sheep goats) have evolved without canine teeth because they eat plant material, they do not have to catch prey and they are placid herding creatures. Dogs and cats on the other hand have well developed canines reflecting their natural food in the wild - live prey. The shape and size of teeth varies between species . Cats and dogs have one very large cheek tooth - called the "carnasial" tooth - and they use this to gnaw at bones to remove the muscle and other soft tissues, whereas in horses and ruminants the crowns of the cheek teeth are all much the same in shape and size as they are used to grind plant material. In many species ( but not man, dogs or cats) the teeth can continue to grow for a considerable period of the animal's lifetime. This is especially true of rodents (mice, rats), cavies (guinea pigs) and lagomorphs (rabbits) in which they can continue to grow throughout life. In these species the two large incisors at the front of the mouth rely on contact with teeth on the opposite jaw to wear them down and keep them the correct length. If for some reason the teeth do not

meet properly they will become very long, and grow in a curve - eventually stopping the animal from eating.
9. What does an eagle eat? Fish, small mammals and waterfowl

Reptiles The teeth of reptiles are replaced constantly during their life. Juvenile crocodilians replace teeth with larger ones at a rate as high as 1 new tooth per socket every month. Once adult, tooth replacement rates can slow to two years and even longer. Over all, crocodilians may use 3,000 teeth from birth to death. New teeth are created within old teeth. Whales Toothed whales is a suborder of the cetaceans characterized by having teeth. The teeth differ considerably between the species. They may be numerous, with some dolphins bearing over 100 teeth in their jaws. On the other hand, the narwhals have a giant unicorn-like tusk, which is a tooth containing millions of sensory pathways and used for sensing during feeding, navigation and mating. It is the most neurologically complex tooth known. Beaked whales are almost toothless, with only bizarre teeth found in males. These teeth may be used for feeding but also for demonstrating aggression and showmanship. Rabbit Rabbits and other Lagomorphs usually shed their deciduous teeth before (or very shortly after) their birth, and are usually born with their permanent teeth. [3] The teeth of rabbits complement their diet, which consist of a wide range of vegetation. Since many of the foods are abrasive enough to cause attrition, rabbit teeth grow continuously throughout life.[4] Rabbits have a total of 6 incisors, three upper premolars, three upper molars, two lower premolars, and two lower molars on each side. There are no canines. Three to four millimeters of tooth is worn away by incisors every week, whereas the posterior teeth require a month to wear away the same amount.[5] Rodent Rodents' incisors grow continuously throughout their lives, a process known as aradicular. Unlike humans whose ameloblasts die after tooth development, rodents continually produce enamel and must wear down their teeth by gnawing on various materials.[6] These teeth are used for cutting wood, biting through the skin of fruit, or for defense. The teeth have enamel on the outside and exposed dentin on the inside, so they self-sharpen during gnawing. On the

other hand, continually growing molars are found in some rodent species, such as the sibling vole and the guinea pig.[7] [8] There is variation in the dentition of the rodents, but generally, rodents lack canines and premolars, and have a space between their incisors and molars, called the diastema region. Horse Horse teeth can be used to estimate the animal's age. At five years of age a horse has between 36 and 44 teeth. By age five, all permanent teeth have usually erupted. The horse is then said to have a "full" mouth. All horses have twelve premolars, twelve molars, and twelve incisors. After eight years, the age of a horse can only be conjectured. Dishonest dealers sometimes "bishop" the teeth of old horses, that is scoop them out, to imitate the mark: but this can be known by the absence of the white edge of enamel which always surrounds the real mark, by the shape of the teeth, and other marks of age about the animal. The wear of teeth may also be affected by diet, natural abnormalities, and cribbing. Some horses have a form of premolars called wolf teeth. Wolf teeth are small peg-like teeth in horses and other equidae, and they do not have any precursors. They may be knocked out by the bit if particularly loose and can certainly be extracted accidentally, either partially or whole, when routine equine dentistry is performed. In size they are extremely variable from being only 3 mm in diameter to having roots up to 2 cm long. In a small number of cases they may be "molarized" with a distinct irregular rim of enamel. It is impossible to gauge the size of the root from an examination of the crown except to say that if the crown is mobile it is very unlikely that there is a large intact root. Also, a horse may have 4 or 5 canine teeth between the molars and incisors. Generally all male horses have four canines. However, few female horses have canines. A horse's incisors, premolars, and molars continuously grow throughout the animal's life, to provide new material as the grinding surface is worn down from eating. A young adult will have teeth which are 4.5-5 inches long. The enamel and dentin layers are intertwined with each other.[9] Problems that can develop in horse teeth include hooks, step mouth, wave mouth, and shear mouth.

there are three main types of teeth in humans the teeth at the front are called incisors they are used for biting and cutting food the teeth next to the incisors are called canines these teeth are for gripping and tearing food molars are found at the back of the mouth they are for crushing and grinding food

there are three main types of teeth in humans the teeth at the front are called incisors they are used for biting and cutting food the teeth next to the incisors are called canines these teeth are for gripping and tearing food molars are found at the back of the mouth they are for crushing and grinding food carnivores have big long canines which are sharp and pointed to help them kill and eat other animals herbivores dont have canines because they only eat plants instead they have sharp flat incisors which are really good for biting and chopping grass and leaves