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they probably have a powerful immune system to deal with decaying matter, or carrion. also because they constantly replace thier teeth, caries and gum disease is less of an issue for them, as they wont get tartar or bacteria getting trapped in thier teeth.

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[–] yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

Doesn't mean it's nice to have gum infections though. I can also imagine they are more of a threat to baby crocodiles.

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 3 points 1 year ago

they probably shed it often where it doesnt become a large problem with like mammals. also animals that tend to eat carriorn or dead animals have unique adaptations around bacterial infections.

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[–] sepiroth154@feddit.nl 3 points 1 year ago

Exactly and crocodiles keep growing teeth so they actually did evolve a defense against the dentist…

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[–] Tollana1234567@lemmy.today 2 points 1 year ago*

they can replace them constantly, unlike mammals where we get a set amount of teeth. because thier bite forces, or ripping causes them to lose teeth quite often.

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