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How do sharks use their teeth?

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A whale shark uses it's mouth and teeth to catch food. You can also consider that they use their fins and tails to swim to get to their prey.

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Whale sharks don't use their teeth for anything. They have teeth because there ancestors long, long ago needed them.

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they bite down

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