The purpose of the human canine teeth is to hold food in place to tear or rip it. The canine teeth are the largest teeth in a humans mouth.
The Canine teeth because they rip and tear through food which would of been important for Carnivores and Omnivores since most herbivores have flat molar teeth to grind their food of leaves and fruit etc
It allows the animal to rip and tear apart the meat of whatever animal they happen to be eating.
Our canine teeth are used for tearing and biting the food. They are very strong and they are either side of our front four teeth. They are used for breaking food down into smaller pierces, it is will be easilier to be digested.
A canine tooth can usually be found in wild cats and any dog. These teeth also belong to humans, we use them for small things like biting up little bits of food but they are most useful to tigers and lions because they use them to rip up food and meat.
true they tear up your food and i guess your molars mush it up but when someone says "canine" dogs or wolves come to mind and they have "canine" teeth also which they rip their prey apart with (mainly wolves)
They rip and tear their food apart, bib. WWW.nationalgeographic.com
The same thing all canine teeth do for all species, including people, canine teeth make it easier for animals to tear into their food, particularly meat, makes it easier for them to break the skin.
To rip and tear their food apart
As in crying
To rip/tear food just like why we need insissors
Lacrima = tear, as in crying. Scindere = to tear, to rip.