By Sheetal Kumari | October 02, 2025
Certain snail varieties boast more than 14,000 small teeth on a ribbon tongue known as a radula.
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Some catfish varieties boast up to 9,000 teeth, aligned in rows within their mouths and throats.
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Dolphins have 80 to 100 teeth, ideal for catching fish in the ocean.
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Sharks have hundreds of teeth, which they replace constantly during their lifetimes for catching prey.
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Snapping turtles possess hundreds of small tooth-like projections on jaws for holding onto prey.
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Lampreys possess as many as 200 sharp teeth encircling their ring-shaped mouths to attach themselves to fish.
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Parrotfish have teeth formed into the shape of a beak with sometimes hundreds of teeth for coral scraping.
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Crocodiles possess 60 to 70 teeth at any given moment, which are continuously replaced over the course of their lifetimes.
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Certain armadillo species possess over 100 teeth, being primarily small and peg-like, for crushing insects.
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Ocean sunfish possess scores of small teeth in rows to consume jellyfish and other small prey.
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