18 animals that received unique smiles from nature, the sight of which makes you feel a little uneasy (18 photos)

Today we will see photos of animals that have the most strange, dangerous and shocking teeth.





What animal do you think has the most unusual teeth? Perhaps many of you will immediately remember the saber-toothed tiger, which unfortunately died out a long time ago. This animal is somewhat even today is a record holder, because to boast of such long and terrible fangs are not capable of every modern predator. However, it should be understood that extremely large or strange teeth are not a relic of the past. There are dozens in the world animals that can impress with their almost Hollywood smile (albeit sometimes a little creepy).

Babirussa have hypertrophied upper and lower fangs



Scientists still can not answer exactly why the pig necessary such large growths. After all, the animal does not use them either for protection, nor for food.

Musk deer - one of the most unusual deer in the northern hemisphere



Only male musk deer have prominent fangs. They serve a kind of decoration that allows you to attract females and scare away competitors.

Mackerel hydrolic or payara has huge fangs that make it easy to capture prey



The big merganser has over one hundred and fifty sharp teeth.



Thin and tenacious teeth help the bird to hold the slippery fish that it gets for itself as food.

The naked mole rat has large protruding teeth.



About 25% of the entire muscle mass of the animal falls on the muscles of its jaws.

Cape Cod carp have creepy teeth that strongly resemble human ones



Fish need such weighty teeth to grind hard crustaceans and molluscs, because it is from them that the main diet consists carp.

Humboldt squid and its beak



Batagur turtle is a real smile



Promachoteuthis sulcus is a species of promachotheutid squid.



The squid was caught in a single specimen by a German research vessel. It should be understood that the teeth he has are a kind of growths covering the usual beak, which All squids have it. Why exactly they are needed, scientists have not yet been able to to figure out.

Dragon fish can easily act as a monster in a horror movie



Penguins also have some pretty interesting and unusual teeth.



The narwhal has a single tooth that can reach 2-3 meters in length.



Crab-eating seals have oddly shaped teeth that allow them to weed out krill from the water.



This is what a snail's mouth looks like. By the way, her mouth can fit up to twenty thousand teeth.



leatherback turtle teeth



They are somewhat reminiscent of stalactites and cover the turtle's mouth and esophagus in even rows right up to the intestines.

Fangtooth moray eel showing off his teeth



Bonus: Helicoprion



An extinct species of cartilaginous predatory fish that lived about 280 millionow years ago. Helicoprion had an extremely unusual dental spiral, which helped him hunt soft-bodied prey.