The white shark has approximately 300 teeth, arranged in 3-5 rows in a checkerboard pattern. The tiger has the same, and the whale shark has 14,000 teeth. The white shark has the largest teeth, they can reach 5 cm in length.
Each species of this fish differs from another not only in appearance, but also in the number of teeth. I must say that sharks are recognized by the number of teeth, because some closely related species are outwardly very similar to each other, and thanks to anatomical features, scientists determine which species this predator belongs to.
The peculiarity of the location of the teeth
If you look closely, you can see that the shark has several rows of sharp and long teeth, the first of which is a worker, and the rest practically do not participate in the processing of prey, since they are strongly bent back. However, if one or more teeth from the working row are lost, teeth from the backup row will move out in their place. Shark loses teeth all the time, because the design of their dental apparatus does not provide for too rigid attachment. If this predator cannot quickly swallow the prey, it will suffocate with it in its teeth, so nature provides for such a protective mechanism: problem prey is spat out along with its teeth.
The number of teeth in the mouth
Scientists have found that the great white shark has 280-300 teeth, located in the jaw in 3-5 even snow-white rows in a checkerboard pattern. Moreover, young individuals renew their teeth more often than their elderly relatives. Tiger sharks have about the same number of teeth in the mouth as in the mouth of Karcharodon. The same applies to the design of the dental apparatus and the frequency of replacement. The difference lies only in the shape of the teeth: in the tiger predator, they are scraper-like and have numerous notches along the contour. They are ideal for opening tough turtle shells. The number of teeth in the mouth of each individual individual depends on the diet, the way of hunting and the shape of each individual tooth.
Most of the teeth in the mouth of a whale shark - about 14 thousand pieces. Without a doubt, this species of shark is the most toothed. True, they are not at all intended for hunting seals, seals and turtles: these small needles, 6 mm high, are arranged in 20 rows, forming a kind of sieve through which water seeps, and zooplankton remains in the mouth. Whale sharks and giant sharks are impressive in their size, but they are not dangerous for people and never approach the coast.
Still, the largest white shark has teeth - they reach 5 cm in length. The teeth of a cigar shark seem to be very large in comparison with the size of the body. She lives in the depths of the ocean, just like her close relatives from the Dalatiev family.
