RE: Dinosaurs Weren't in the Bible...They Never Even Existed.
November 16, 2011 at 10:16 pm
(This post was last modified: November 16, 2011 at 10:16 pm by Epimethean.)
"This is funny, so that’s why dogs have such enlarged canine teeth? They love holding fruit with them? How do you know the T-rex’s teeth were for eating meat? I smell circularity in 3…2….1…."
You really can't see the whole of anything, can you? You love to rely on the 2D world of your fairy tale allegory, and yet you refuse to accept that it fails constantly as a historical document. Now, to help you with the biology ...
From: http://www.unearthingtrex.com/pages/rex_...html#teeth
The teeth in your mouth have different shapes and functions - sharp ones cut food; flat ones mash it up. T. rex had only one basic shape of tooth: pointy, serrated bananas (although they vary slightly, from rounder to D-shaped to skinnier, and come in different sizes). T. rex had no mashing teeth, which means no chewing! Imagine what that meant for T. rex's eating habits: bite, shear, swallow.
The lower, or dentary, teeth are rounder in cross-section than the upper, or maxillary teeth. All T. rex teeth have two serrated edges for cutting. Most have one in front and one in the back, but the position of the serrations depends on each tooth's position in the mouth. The serrations follow the shape of the jaw, like a cookie cutter - so T. rex could bite chunks that would fit in its mouth. At the back of the mouth, serrations are at the front and back; by the time you get to the front of the jaw, the serrations are both on the back of the tooth.
You really can't see the whole of anything, can you? You love to rely on the 2D world of your fairy tale allegory, and yet you refuse to accept that it fails constantly as a historical document. Now, to help you with the biology ...
From: http://www.unearthingtrex.com/pages/rex_...html#teeth
The teeth in your mouth have different shapes and functions - sharp ones cut food; flat ones mash it up. T. rex had only one basic shape of tooth: pointy, serrated bananas (although they vary slightly, from rounder to D-shaped to skinnier, and come in different sizes). T. rex had no mashing teeth, which means no chewing! Imagine what that meant for T. rex's eating habits: bite, shear, swallow.
The lower, or dentary, teeth are rounder in cross-section than the upper, or maxillary teeth. All T. rex teeth have two serrated edges for cutting. Most have one in front and one in the back, but the position of the serrations depends on each tooth's position in the mouth. The serrations follow the shape of the jaw, like a cookie cutter - so T. rex could bite chunks that would fit in its mouth. At the back of the mouth, serrations are at the front and back; by the time you get to the front of the jaw, the serrations are both on the back of the tooth.
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