It's Shark Week on the Discovery Channel! In honor of this week dedicated to those toothy animals, we thought we'd share some teeth-related shark facts!
- Did you know that sharks have 48-50 rows of teeth? Sharks lose a tooth every other day, so they have back up rows of teeth ready to move into place whenever they lose a front tooth.
- Since they are constantly losing and growing teeth, they may have about 350 teeth in their mouth at any one time. Over their lifetime they will go through thousands of teeth.
- Since sharks don't have hands or flippers, their teeth are their tools for exploring the world around them. Luckily they have those back-up rows of teeth for when they lose one. Humans aren't so lucky, so quit using your teeth to open bottles or tear packages! Replacing that broken or chipped front tooth isn't as easy as it is for a shark!
