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insider asked in PetsBirds · 1 decade ago

Bird "teeth"?

I took this picture last year. It's a young robin.

What are those "teeth"?

Do all birds have them?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/8879785@N07/629769810...

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  • Goldy
    Lv 7
    1 decade ago
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    Good shot,!

    But they are not "Teeth" these are soft protrusions on the roof of all birds mouths,to enable them to swallow their food.

    Hope this gives you the answer.

    Not Hens Teeth.!!!!!!!

    Source(s): Ex breeder
  • Aquila
    Lv 4
    1 decade ago

    Falcons have two teeth, the tomial tooth is on iether side of the falcons beak and is used of breaking the necks of it's prey.

    http://www.themodernapprentice.com/tomial.jpg

    Also all baby birds hatch with an egg tooth, this is used to break through the internal mambrane in the egg and break out of the shell

    http://discover.edventures.com/images/termlib/e/eg...

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Hehe.

    Birds don't have teeth.

    those things allow the bird to swallow food with out chocking.

    Birds do not have teeth to chew their food, therefore they have to take small amounts at a time.

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    The Jeezum Crow

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  • 1 decade ago

    that is the top of their mouths were they grind their food not teeth

  • 1 decade ago

    nope

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