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No. Their teeth do not stop growing but biting down on the wood so many times makes the Beaver's teeth wear down, keeping them smaller. If they didn't bite down trees their teeth would grow too long.

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it depends on how fast they grow because for a beavers teeth to not grow they have to chew on things to keep them from growing to long!

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No, the beavers teeth dont stop growing. When they bite trees, they trim their teeth.

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