Toothsome grin

• Autores: Chelsea Whyte
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3116, 2017, págs. 26-27
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Whyte presents a photographs of stubby teeth belonged not to a dinosaur, but to a two-bar sea bream (Acanthopagrus bifasciatus), a reef-dwelling fish common in the Persian Gulf. The specimen here, collected almost 190 years ago, reveals row upon row of molar-like teeth that together form a bumpy surface perfect for crunching and grinding up hard-shelled crustacean prey. These new photographs capture the fish's secret weapon for breaking into its breakfast--but just imagine how hard it would be to floss