Animals

How many teeth does an adult crocodile have?

80

Background

An adult crocodile has about 80 teeth in its jaws. If it loses a tooth, a new one grows back right away. Over its lifetime, it uses up to 3,000 teeth in total. Still, a crocodile cannot chew and swallows its prey whole.

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