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Uncovered a rabbit nest iin my half-barrel planter
Eggs Zachtly wrote:
Jangchub said: If humans weren't supposed to eat meat, then why do they have canine, central, and lateral incisors? Were we supposed to be vegetarian, we would have *only* molars. Humans are omnivores. I think you're a bit off on your herbivore/carnivore dentition information. Herbivores certainly do have incisors - they use them to cut/snip the plant material, the tongue moves it to the back of the mouth where the molars grind it. Without incisors, a herbivore would have a very difficult time getting food into its mouth. And as well some pure herbivores still have canine teeth. In predatory animals, the canine teeth are used to hold onto the prey animal and the molars/jaws are used to create crush injuries. Canine teeth are used in the catching of food not the eating of food. Human canines are about the same length as the nearby teeth so they've long lost their original function. Chris |
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