Monday, 8 January 2018

I'm So Sorry But Snails Have Teeth

Why does every science fact sound like a line from my nightmare journal?

It is my great displeasure to inform you that snails have teeth.

It is my great displeasure to inform you that snails have teeth.

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Yes, the animal that looks like a shell sneezed boogers all over itself has actual teeth! Like a shark or a human. TEETH.

Yes, the animal that looks like a shell sneezed boogers all over itself has actual teeth! Like a shark or a human. TEETH.

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And their teeth are hard!!! Some of the hardest organic material on Earth, according to some very patient scientists.

And their teeth are hard!!! Some of the hardest organic material on Earth, according to some very patient scientists.

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Their teeth are arranged in rows along a "radula," which is sort of like a tongue.

Their teeth are arranged in rows along a "radula," which is sort of like a tongue.

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Sorry that the world we live in is a never-ending tunnel of horrors.

Sorry that the world we live in is a never-ending tunnel of horrors.

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