Polyphyodont! Animals that continuously replace their teeth!

They shed their chompers like yesterday’s news.

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You and I replace our teeth only once. We’re diphyodonts.

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Polyphyodonts lose and grow teeth until they die.

Animals like frogs, lizards, fish, alligators, and sharks are making our tooth fairy go broke.

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By Roar.