14/11/2025
🦷Fun Facts Friday🦷
Did you know?
-Humans only get 2 sets of teeth in their lifetime, whereas some animals like dolphins only get one (monophyodont), and others grow multiple sets (polyphyodont); sharks grow around 40.🦈
-Human teeth do not keep growing once the second permanent set have fully erupted, but some animals such as rabbits and horses’ teeth grow continually and have to be worn or filed down.🐎
-Humans have at most 32 teeth, but many animals have more than we do. A horse can have up to 44, a dolphin up to 250 and a common garden snail can have thousands.🐌
-‘Long in the tooth’ (meaning ‘old’) was originally used to describe horses. As horses age their gums recede, which gives the impression that their teeth are growing. The longer the teeth look, the older the horse is.
-Your mouth can produce up to 730 litres of saliva per year.😲
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