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🐾 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐜𝐚𝐧’𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐬 𝐛𝐞 𝐯𝐞𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐬? 𝐁𝐨𝐛 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐨𝐛𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐬𝐚𝐲𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐭𝐞𝐞𝐭𝐡!
Bobcats may have only 28 teeth, but every one is designed for eating meat. Their specialized carnassial teeth work like scissors to slice through food—and unlike humans, cats have no flat molars for grinding plants.
In this 1-minute video, Bob explains what makes cats 𝐨𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐬, why they must obtain nutrients such as taurine, vitamin A and arachidonic acid from their diet, and how their teeth differ from those of wolves and bears.
🦷 Small mouth. Specialized teeth. One fascinating lesson in wild cat biology!
Special thanks to Christopher Baldwin, Master Naturalist for Catawba and Sandhills, South Carolina, who has taught skull and dental anatomy in schools for ten years using a collection of more than 60 skulls.
Learn more:
https://bigcatrescue.org/conservation-news/bobcat-teeth
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