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actionjbone@sh.itjust.works to Shitty Ask Science@lemmy.zipEnglish ·
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Why don't all mammal babies have egg teeth? All of them come from eggs.

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Why don't all mammal babies have egg teeth? All of them come from eggs.

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    Mammal noses were once ‘egg teeth’, but for some reason mammal eggs lost their hard shells, and the noses (scientific name: ‘schnozzolae’) were re-purposed for the olfactory sense.

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    Echidnas do.

    Not sure about other Monotremes.

    The Egg-Laying™ Mammals.Actual

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