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प्रश्न
Give reasons for the following:
All teeth in the mouth are not alike.
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उत्तर
The dentition in animals is based on the type of food they eat. So we have different kinds of teeth.
All teeth in the mouth are not alike as we eat both meat and plants. Due to different types of food eating habits teeth are of different types.
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