Do Whales Have Teeth?
Whales Possess a Varying Number of Teeth, Depending on the Individual Species. Some Kinds of Whales Only Have One or Two Teeth, While Others Might Have 240...
Whales possess a varying number of teeth, depending on the individual species. Some kinds of whales only have one or two teeth, while others might have 240 teeth or even more. Dental patterns can vary. Some toothed whales have teeth in both their upper and lower jaws.
Do all whales have teeth?
The short answer to this question is no; not all whales have teeth. There are actually two different suborders of whales that are distinguished by their presence or lacking presence of teeth: Baleen whales and toothed whales.
What is a whale's teeth called?
© written by Tasha Guenther. "Humpback"; used with permission. under CC BY-NC 2.0. Mysticeti whales don't have any teeth at all, instead they have something called baleen.
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