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Animal teeth are the means by which an animal obtains and first processes its food.
Therefore if your food is grass your front teeth have to be able to grip and 'crop' the grass. In many cases this means that the top teeth disappear and are replaced by a rubbery pad which can grip the grass between this and the lower teeth. Then the back teeth have to grind up the cropped grass so that it can be digested so the back teeth are flat and broad.
With rodents the teeth have to gnaw at things so they have evolved to continuously grow.
With meet eating animals the front teeth have evolved into fangs which can grip and kill prey and the back teeth are small, and angled like sharp scissors to cut the meet off the killed animal.
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How can you tell an animal is an omnivore when looking at food web?
It eats both meat and vegetables/leaves/fruit.
How can you tell if an animal is an omnivore by its teeth or by its jaw?
by its jaw
Can skelenten of an animal tell us how it moves and eats?
yes
How do paleontologists tell the difference between herbivores carnivores and omnivores?
Paleontologists can tell the difference between herbivores, carnivores and omnivores by the type of teeth that they had. Herbivores have flat teeth, while carnivores had sharp teeth and omnivores had a combination of the two.
How can you tell a sharks carnivore?
Any animal that eats meat is a carnivore.
How can you tell if the bone is animal or human?
by looking at it
What is one important factor that influences how an animal obtains its food?
you can tell by the teeth. Sharp teeth are for meat, flat teeth are for plants.
How do you know what a dinosaur eats?
There are many ways to tell what a dinosaur ate. One way is looking at it's teeth. Blunt spoon-shaped cheek teeth indicate the dinosaur ate plants. Sharp pointed teeth show that dinosaur ate meat. Another way is looking at the skeletons. Sometimes you will find the skeleton of the prey inside the skeleton of the predator. And yet another way is looking at it's droppings.
How many was to tell how old a horse is?
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How can you tell how old a horse is?
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How do you tell if an animal is a girl or boy?
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How can we tell how old a horse is?
Usually by looking at their teeth. It's quite a reliable method.
