Rats have best bite of rodent world
Monday, April 30, 2012 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Scientists have found that mice and rats have evolved to gnaw with their front teeth and chew with their back teeth more successfully than rodents that 'specialize' in one or other of these biting mechanisms.
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