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When a baby platypus is hatched, it has tiny, rudimentary teeth which fall out within a few weeks. These teeth are believed to be a throwback to the platypus's ancestors, as fossilised platypus teeth have been found. Adult platypuses do not have teeth. Teeth are not necessary for platypuses, as they "chew" their food by grinding it between horny plates on their upper and lower jaws.
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Does platypus have a tongue?
When a baby platypus is hatched, it does have tiny, rudimentary teeth which fall out within a few weeks. These teeth are believed to be a throwback to the platypus's ancestors, as fossilised platypus teeth have been found. Adult platypuses do not have teeth. Teeth are not necessary for platypuses, as they "chew" their food by grinding it between horny plates on their upper and lower jaws.
How do platypuses chew their food?
Many would say that a platypus's mouth is like a beak of a duck. It is rather different, with its bill being broader and flatter than a duck's beak. Inside the platypus's mouth are grinding plates, instead of teeth, with which the platypus grinds its food.
How does a platypus grind its food?
Platypuses do not have teeth; they have grinding plates in their jaws instead of teeth.
Can a platypus bite and is it harmful?
no it doesn't have any teeth
How many teeth will you lose after you have gotten your adult set of teeth?
You will lose none because that is your last set of teeth and you better not lose them.
Which teeth do you lose - diagram?
You are supposed to lose up to 20 teeth
Why do you lose your teeth?
you lose your teeth because new teeth are growing in and the new teeth push the current teeth and you have brand new healthy shiny teeth!
How tortoise lose its teeth?
Tortoises never have any teeth to lose. They are born with horny beaks instead of teeth.
Can a platypus kill a bear?
No. A platypus cannot kill a bear. Not only would it not have the claws, teeth or size to kill a bear, but there are no bears in Australia.
What Australian animal does not have teeth?
Australian animals without teeth are the two monotremes - the platypus and the echidna. The platypus has grinding plates between which it crushes its food, while the echidna has a long, sticky tongue to capture termites and ants.
Do platypus eat their offspring?
No. A platypus has no teeth, only grinding plates, and is unable to eat food that has bones. So they wouldn't eat their own young.
What teeth are the teeth you get when your 12?
When our 12 and you start to lose lose all of your baby teeth and get buck teeth, and well...you start to get your second molars (ouch! painful)
