Exactly and crocodiles keep growing teeth so they actually did evolve a defense against the dentist…
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Zkuld@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
But why? don’t they have many sets of teeth when growing up?
sepiroth154@feddit.nl 3 weeks ago
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
they can replace them constantly, unlike mammals where we get a set amount of teeth.
Ephera@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
I imagine, they can still get inflamed gums or similar, if something gets stuck in there…
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
they probably have a powerful immune system to deal with decaying matter, or carrion. also because they constantly replace thier teeth, caries mightis less of an issue for them.
yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 weeks ago
Doesn’t mean it’s nice to have gum infections though. I can also imagine they are more of a threat to baby crocodiles.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 weeks ago
they probably shed it often where it doesnt become a large problem with like mammals. also animals that tend to eat carriorn or dead animals have unique adaptations around bacterial infections.