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Those canines are “primarily used to chew up wood and other tough foods” as per one of the articles, but male adult camels may also use those to bite opponents when fighting with each other for territory / mates.
“Someone once described them as a Sarlacc pit from Star Wars” … definitely a fitting description.
Here is a video of an angry camels open mounth and unclipped teeth; https://www.youtube.com/shorts/whsdxuAy37Y … it is VERY ugly tho, view at your own discretion.
Honestly that they have 4 large canini in total is by far the least interesting part about the anatomy of a camels mouth. Look at the unique rough roof of the mouth and look how they casually eat cactus. Their mouth is like a heavy leather bag filled with bricks mashing anything that gets between them.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9NC2saE5MbQ&pp=ygUMY2FtZWwgY2FjdHVz
Cacti: Evolution gave us needles to protect us from being eaten!
Camels: haha eating needles go brrrrr
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So satisfying
cronch cronch cronch
I’ve seen camels eat cacti before, but it doesn’t make it easier to watch them do it. They don’t seem to mind much though. Perhaps it’s like a chili or wasabi to them.
They have that weird throat bag that they cough up too, when they’re looking to fuc.
Now I’m hungry. It looks delicious.
It’s the quenchiest.
And here I am worried about picking a prickly pear from the cactus in the front yard.
panini
I would imagine that aliens would look at us the same way when it comes to spicy food.
Human: eats a Death Pepper
Alien: “Why would you eat a food whose name has death in it and gives you chemical burns?”
Human: “The citrus hints are SO YUMMY!”
Alien: shocked pikachu face