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Those canines are “primarily used to chew up wood and other tough foods” as per one of the articles, but male adult camels may also use those to bite opponents when fighting with each other for territory / mates.
“Someone once described them as a Sarlacc pit from Star Wars” … definitely a fitting description.
Here is a video of an angry camels open mounth and unclipped teeth; https://www.youtube.com/shorts/whsdxuAy37Y … it is VERY ugly tho, view at your own discretion.
Honestly that they have 4 large canini in total is by far the least interesting part about the anatomy of a camels mouth. Look at the unique rough roof of the mouth and look how they casually eat cactus. Their mouth is like a heavy leather bag filled with bricks mashing anything that gets between them.
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I’ve seen camels eat cacti before, but it doesn’t make it easier to watch them do it. They don’t seem to mind much though. Perhaps it’s like a chili or wasabi to them.
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I would imagine that aliens would look at us the same way when it comes to spicy food.
Human: eats a Death Pepper
Alien: “Why would you eat a food whose name has death in it and gives you chemical burns?”
Human: “The citrus hints are SO YUMMY!”
Alien: shocked pikachu face
They have that weird throat bag that they cough up too, when they’re looking to fuc.
Crikey! Oid better stick me thumb in it!
I saw a video of a camel murdering a guy like a rag doll after the dude punched the camel. This is just another item tucked away in the " don’t fuck with camels" folder.
Technically a good boi then.
PS: bonus video to show that canines are not the strangest thing about a camel’s mouth: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=9NC2saE5MbQ …it actually seems to love munching on spiny things, look at him go 😍
I’m more interested in its gums, which look like they belong in a sarlacc pit.
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They do have dentals that are extremely specialized for eating vegetation that really doesn’t want to be eaten. The large canini are only a trait of males from which we could very reasonably determine that they’re used for intraspecific fights if we have both male and female fossils available.
Actually I would consider the anatomy of a camels skull one of the easiest to determine the habits of the species off due to its very specific adaptions.We can determine that they live in an area with rough vegetation which are to that degree only arid climate zones. That requires high mobility to scan the area for scarce vegetation and even scarcer water sources. You’d probably also assume they move in larger groups if fighting is so relevant for males that huge fangs turned into a selected trait. From that alone you can make many assumptions that probably align with the actual lifestyle of those animals.
its tongue, roof of mouth and back of throat all look uniquely tough. There is a lot of evolution going on here
Fascinating! Llamas don’t seem to have this kind of teeth. Wonder why.
Because it really whips the Llama’s ass
One of many reasons why “Human teeth look like horse teeth, that’s why we should be vegan” is a dumb argument
