A lot of animals have some form of teeth as a means to chew food. As a matter of fact, when you think about ten animals chances are great that they will probably have teeth. The only common exceptions are birds. You might already know that whales are mammals and not fish. Most mammals have teeth, with a few exceptions. But do whales have teeth?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Whales are divided into toothed whales and baleen plated whales. Toothed whales such as dolphins, narwhals, and killer whales have teeth. Baleen plated whales such as blue whales or humpback whales on the other hand don’t have teeth but use plates made of keratin to filter and sift food.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n So, whales are an exception to the general rule that mammals have teeth. But there are still some whales that have teeth. It all just depends on the species of whale we’re looking at. But not all teeth are the same. We’re going to look into whale teeth and discover some interesting facts about them concerning the number of teeth and their sharpness.<\/p>\n\n\n