10 animals with an incredible teeth, the existence of which is hard to believe

The teeth of different animals, depending on the purpose, have the different structure. But now we want to tell about the ten animals with the most incredible teeth:

1. Kalmar, to grow human teeth





Have you ever seen a set of human teeth in the mouth of a squid? Squid species «Promacthoteuthis sulcus» squid is a real nightmare, rising from the dark depths of the ocean. Fortunately, these teeth just look intimidating.

These cutters squid actually his lips. Like many members of the cephalopod class, in this species of squid have a beak, but its unique constricted lips mask it. What is the sense? - you ask. Do not be afraid of these pseudo-teeth, fear strong beak, hidden behind them. But what is even worse - fear of decompression sickness and painful pressure, if you see at least one of them, because in order to see it you have to be in the hundreds of meters under the water and in the dark

2. Jawless animal that won the award for "Best sharp teeth in the world»





Which is the animal can be very sharp teeth of all beings and at the same time, there are no jaw? Of course, from the prehistoric kondonta (condont)! These animals, body length was 5 centimeters, inhabited the earth 200 million years ago, cutting his food teeth that were thinner than a human hair.

The picture above shows the scan kondonta micrographs of teeth which can not be seen with the naked eye. On this ancient science of acne is not known to many, but it is known that they could have cut out, if even one of these instances you would have got under the skin. Good news? They died out a long time ago.

< 3. Peskarka (Dragonfish), in which the teeth are growing in the language





Do not think that you will be able to easily get rid if peskarka vopёtsya in your teeth - in addition to the usual set of sharp teeth, this deep-sea fish have teeth that grow in the language

! Despite their fearsome appearance, the size of these entities does not exceed 15 centimeters, so that in actual fact they do not pose any threat. Besides, they live in great depth, so they never attack humans. Peskarka lives in total darkness and almost blind, she uses alternative methods of orientation in space for the survival and getting food in almost uninhabitable environment.

< 4. Prehistoric shark teeth which exceed the length of 15 cm in





How did it happen that a prehistoric shark teeth which exceed the length of 15 centimeters, died? There was not a single being who could not break Megalodon, but, apparently, his disappearance influenced climate change.

Megalodon length was more than 20 meters, and for the life he succeeds approximately 20,000 teeth, and otraschivaya losing them in the same way as do exist now sharks. Megalodon is regarded by many paleontologists as the most powerful creature ever existed on earth.

< 5. The animal with the largest number of teeth and the lowest number of limbs





Do snails teeth greater than that of any other animal, however, their "teeth", this is not quite the same teeth, which we imagine. Despite the fact that they have thousands of teeth, snails can not chew their food. This is because they use a radula that look like ribbons studded with teeth for grinding their food and its preparation to assimilate.

Throughout the life of the mollusk, these tiny teeth blunted drop out and replaced with new, sharp teeth.

< 6. Fish that can break the cow to pieces in a few seconds





Piranha is one of the most famous fish with a bad reputation, as sharp as the blade teeth and a tendency to attack large animals whole jamb. While in Brazil, Theodore Roosevelt (Theodore Roosevelt) witnessed how shoal of piranhas cow tore to pieces in a few seconds. This "feat" - proof of how sharp their teeth are adapted for tearing pieces of flesh

. As a rule, piranha teeth have a triangular shape, which provides better adhesion and allows you to easily piranhas tear prey into pieces. They are famous for the fact that gnaw the prey, leaving behind only a pile of bones.

< 7. Poisonous snakes, which keep their poison in the teeth





In venomous snakes hollow teeth, allowing them to store and inject venom into their prey. Glands that produce the poison, leads to the teeth and provides a snake venom in the time of the attack, while the small teeth on the lower jaw snake only serve to capture prey.

Teeth snakes are folded or elevated position. This means that the snake does not expose the teeth to the outside up to the point where it is ready to attack.

< 8. Whales, in which to place the teeth grow hair





The guys from the program "How it works» (How Stuff Works), had a great analogy that will serve us in the discussion of the teeth of baleen whales. A set of teeth is more like a huge mustache, located in the mouth. And, just as in most human mustache, mustache going on whale food. Thus, the whale opens its mouth, absorbs the water and passes it through his mustache, and

9 krill and other treats left in his mouth.. On the palate, the convict fish teeth are arranged, similar to the human





Fish-convict (Sheepshead) a widespread fish in North America and it hunts many anglers. But what people do not notice, so that's how strange teeth of this fish. Teeth, human-like, which have this kind of fish, strange in themselves, but they still have a number of teeth and on the palate.
The teeth of this fish is quite dull, so they are mainly used for cracking shellfish and oysters, which, together with crustaceans make up the main diet of fish-convict.

< 10. Animal teeth growth is similar to the growth of the tree





Unfortunately, a look at a dolphin and determine its age a little bit more difficult than you imagine that. And while their teeth are excellent indicators of their age, in order to determine the age you have to pry the dolphin one tooth and cut it in half. In the teeth of dolphins are present growth rings, exactly the same, which can be found at cut down a tree, it allows scientists to calculate the approximate age of the dolphins.

: Bugaga.ru

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