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Teeth are a good recorder of an organisms diet. They can show an abuse of acids or a lack of self cleansing foods such as raw vegetables and nuts. The calcium will be depleted in the absence of dairy products.
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How can you tell an animals diet based on its teeth?
There are many things you can infer about a rats diet from its teeth including the hardness of it's food. Rats that eat harder food have shorter teeth.
How are the pig's teeth seem to be adapted o its diet?
Pigs have rounded teeth that are adapted to their diet of plant material and soft meats. Pigs are not carnivores so they don't need sharp teeth.
Why does an alligator have all those teeth and no toothbrush?
because the alligators diet keep their teeth healthy. -Mr. Albrighgt
What type of teeth do tigers have?
They have meat eating teeth or carnassial teeth. The large Canines are used for killing their prey and tearin meat off the bone. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tigers has a section just for Hunting and Diet.
How old is to old to have a dogs teeth cleaned?
If a dog is feed a natural diet, like raw meat and bones, the bones clean the teeth and act as natures tooth brush, if your feeding an artificial diet such as dry food or canned processed(horrible for your dog) food which sticks to the teeth of dogs (periodontal disease), you would have to down the road actually pull the teeth out, or have cleaned an artificial way which is expensive, and not natural!, my family has feed raw about 100 years,
What can you you look at to infer an animal's diet?
Their teeth.
What can you tell about a mammal from the shape of its teeth?
The main thing one can tell about mammals based on the shape of their teeth is whether they. Herbivores or carnivores. Admittedly, this does not hold true for pandas, which are herbivorous, feeding on bamboo shoots and leaves, but it is usually true. In some mammals, their age can be determined by their teeth.
Does the shark's teeth relate to its diet?
no it does not is is based on what and how much it eats
How can you tell an animals diet based on its teeth?
There are many things you can infer about a rats diet from its teeth including the hardness of it's food. Rats that eat harder food have shorter teeth.
What is worst for your teeth coke or Diet Coke?
Regular Coke but diet is still bad for your teeth
Which stains teeth firstpepsi or diet pepsi?
diet pepsi
How are teeth and other body parts of herbivore adapted to its diet?
how are teeth and other parts of the body is adapted or suited to its diet
How could a Paleoanthropologist estimate the brain size and infer the diet of an early hominid?
By the cavity size inside the skull based off a human skull cavity size today. Different material wears down the teeth at different rates. So depending on where the body was found and what plant matter grew there or animals grazed there would determine the food sources.
Does the shape of a shark tooth determine what it eats?
no Sharks have pointy teeth, suitable for a carnivorous diet. It would be more accurate to say that the carnivorous diet determines the shape of the teeth, rather than to say that the teeth determine the diet.
Which statement best explains why the shape of teeth differs according to the diet of a species?
It's rather A: Organisms interact with other organisms. B: Organisms must maintain homeostasis. C: Individual parts must work together. D: Structure and function are related in biology. I'm stuck on this answer too.!
Which statement best explains why the shapes of teeth differ according to the diet of species?
It's rather A: Organisms interact with other organisms. B: Organisms must maintain homeostasis. C: Individual parts must work together. D: Structure and function are related in Biology. I'm stuck on this answer too.!
Why do monkeys have white teeth?
Because their diet
