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Because they are hunters and meat eaters and need them for killing prey and ripping the carcass apart

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What does a canine tooth do to your food?

Canine teeth are also called fangs or dogteeth. They are used to hold prey in the mouth so it be torn and eaten.


What do canine teeth help us to do?

tear and ripe things like meat and such just like your molars help grind your food....


Do carnivores have rounded teeth?

Most herbivores don't have canine teeth. Horses do.


Where canine teeth got their name?

Canine teethe get their name from the charictoristics of an animals teeth taht are used for tearing and gripping food.


How long do you wait until the canine teeth can pulled out?

Forever... canine teeth should not be pulled out. You will not be able to chew meat well.


What is the dentition for animals with canine teeth?

Carnivores, the meat eaters of the animal world, have very defined canine teeth for tearing meat also combined with a sometimes limited number of molars


Why are the canine teeth in wolves sharper than the canine of deer?

Wolves use their sharp canine teeth for hunting and tearing meat, while deer primarily use their teeth for browsing on vegetation. The difference in tooth sharpness reflects their diet and hunting behaviors.


How are the teeth of lion?

The teeth of lion are sharp,Because in order to tear the skin and to chew the meat.


What do coinine teeth do?

Canine teeth tear meat and other foods. They may also be used as weapons.


Animals with canine teeth but do not eat meat?

Some animals with canine teeth that do not primarily eat meat include fruit bats, which have sharp canines for piercing fruit. Additionally, some omnivorous animals like bears have canine teeth but also consume plant matter in their diet. Finally, some primates, such as gorillas, have canine teeth for social displays and defense rather than for consuming meat.


How are lion teeth different from human teeth?

because lions are meat eaters with sharp teeth


Which animal have canine teeth?

All animals' teeth depend on what they eat, because different teeth have different functions. I speak for mammals here.All mammals have canine teeth. 'Canine' means dog, so these are essentially dog teeth. They are so named because dogs are members of the family Canidae, one of the dominant carnivorous families. All carnivores (meat eaters) and most omnivores (eat meat and plants) have large, prominent, well-developed canine teeth, to rip, tear and cut meat. Big cats, bears, and stoats/weasels etc. also have large canine teeth.All mammals have canines, but in herbivores, they are small and often flattened. Humans have canine teeth. Even horses have canine teeth - the small bony projection in the middle of the diastema is called a wolf tooth, and it was often believed that knocking out the wolf tooth improved a 'bad doer' or young horse that did not gain weight, was weak or scraggly.