Notes & Queries response: Why do cats, dogs and other carnivores have far neater and straighter teeth than humans?
This is my response to a question that appeared on the Notes & Queries page of The Guardian website on 6th November, 2022. The Guardian is apparently no longer happy to host my comments on their site, so it is appearing here instead. This blog is obviously not affiliated with The Guardian. Its reference to a question that appeared in Notes & Queries is presented here under the terms of fair use. ~ Why do cats, dogs and other carnivores have far neater and straighter teeth than humans? image generated by Craiyon “I was doing Bluetooth decades before the whole blooming world jumped on the bandwagon,” boasted Thomas Padginton. He opened his mouth, pulling back his lips as his jaws widened. It was like watching a big cat yawn away the hours of a hot and dusty afternoon on the plains of the Serengeti. We were thousands of miles away from Africa, having recently emerged from the vaulted subterranean gloom of Gordon's wine bar, onto Villiers Street, in Central London, where early-...