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32 teeth Animals use their A male narwhal has one canine tooth,
teeth to eat food. which can grow 3 m (10 ft) long. It can
Different tooth shapes be seen when the whale surfaces
reveal their varied above the Arctic waters.
diets: carnivores have
sharp canine teeth to One tooth
tear into meat, while
herbivores have flat,
ridged, grinding teeth
to chew tough plants.
A child grows
20 “milk”, or baby,
teeth by the time
she is three. These
gradually fall out
and are replaced
with 32 new teeth
by adulthood.
14 teeth
300 teeth
A male Asian elephant has up to 14 teeth A leaf-tailed gecko has more
at one time. The two ivory tusks are the than 300 teeth, used to grab hold of
largest and the rest, inside the mouth, insect prey on the island of Madagascar.
are used to chew on tough vegetation.
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