Thursday, August 29, 2013

Why Dentists Should Fear Snails

"My snail," Elizabeth learned, "possessed around 2,640 teeth ... The teeth point inward so as to give the snail a firm grasp on its food; with about 33 teeth per row and maybe 80 or so rows, they form a multitoothed ribbon called a radula."
by (http://www.npr.org/blogs/krulwich/2013/08/02/208236477/why-dentists-should-fear-snails)

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