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The mountain beaver species of western North America possess some seriously weird teeth. Their teeth are thick and deep, providing the extra toughness necessary to eat hard, gritty plants. So why ...
Beavers are semiaquatic rodents that reside in the Northern Hemisphere, thriving in freshwater ecosystems. As you can see in ...
Beaver teeth are tough and resistant to tooth decay thanks to iron-laced enamel, new research suggests. This beaver specimen is from Jackson Bottom Wetlands Preserve in Hillsboro. (Tom Brandt ...
Beavers have harder and more acid-resistant teeth than humans because of iron in their enamel's chemical structure, according to a new study in Science.
Squirrels, beavers, chipmunks and rabbits all have similarly shaped teeth because all of those animals have teeth that continually grow throughout their lives.
Beavers don’t brush their teeth, but a new study from professor Derk Joester reports beavers do have protection against tooth decay built into the chemical structure of their teeth: iron.
Aviva wants to add beaver teeth to the beaver creature power suits. Before she can, she needs to research how they work. Koki pulls up a beaver scan on the tortuga computer, and together, they ...
If there was any doubt, a new find cements Oregon's distinction as the Beaver State. An archaeologist discovered two fossil teeth on the boundary of the near Dayville that represent the earliest ...
Fossilized teeth found amid orange-tinted volcanic ash show that Central Oregon was beaver country long before there was a state, scientists say. The pair of molars are from a beaver that lived 7 ...