miércoles, 23 de marzo de 2016

the Great White will lose it's teeth many times over during it's lifetime


The jaws on the left are male. The jaws on the right are female. Jawshark.com
Like all sharks, the Great White will lose it's teeth many times over during it's lifetime. Because most of the Great White's diet is not entirely boneless the shark needs to be able to replace it's teeth if they are dulled or broken on hard bones. Teeth are manufactured by the animal out of tiny calcified cartilage "blanks" developed and literally drawn out of the interior of the jaw. These "blanks" move up and outward from their origin deep in the jaw to finally replace lost teeth. They start out very small and the teeth actually gain calcium and "grow" as they get ready to replace each lost tooth. This cycle is never ending.

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