Toothless Animals

[dpetty]

Which animals have no teeth

[New Forester]

There are lots -- insects, mussels, earthworms, many amphibians, amoebae, tortoises, birds, spiders, flatworms, liver fluke, woodlice, lobsters, feather stars - as I say, lots. It's almost easier to say which ones do have teeth. If by "animals" you meant "mammals", it's a shorter list. Many mammals have no teeth showing when born, though usually they are there, hidden beneath the gums. Some have no teeth at all. My granny was a mammal, and she only had two. They did not meet. Mammals which specialise in eating ants often have no teeth, or very small peg-like ones -- for example, echidna, the South American ant-eaters, pangolins, aardvark, and I think some armadillos. The baleen whales have fibrous plates instead, for filtering fish and crustaceans out of sea water. There are probably more I can't remember at the moment.

[2nosey]

fish! well goldfish and other types i think, if i'm wrong i know newforester will correct me.

[New Forester]

Miss -- you're right that the carp family don't have teeth in their jaws. They do I think have them in their throats though. Other fish generally do have them. Sharks come to mind....

[Jodyc]

CHICKENS

[partyqueen]

birds have no teeth, instead they swallow grit and store it in a sac called the 'gizzard'which grinds their food up