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If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?

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If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« on: 13/02/2019 12:27:38 »
Claire asks:

Since birds are the evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, why don't birds have teeth, and when did they lose them?

Do you know the answer?
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #1 on: 13/02/2019 12:44:37 »
Quote from: Mariana on 13/02/2019 12:27:38
Since birds are the evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, why don't birds have teeth ...

Some still do (atavism) but it's "as rare as hen's teeth" ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960982206000649
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #2 on: 13/02/2019 19:52:28 »
Some dinosaurs had beaks and no teeth, for example:
http://dino.wikia.com/wiki/Gallimimus
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #3 on: 15/03/2019 07:02:16 »
I know this reasonably But the advice from somebody anyway
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #4 on: 16/03/2019 01:03:39 »
Quote from: Perorysa on 15/03/2019 07:02:16
I know this reasonably But the advice from somebody anyway

What does that mean ?
« Last Edit: 16/03/2019 01:15:58 by Petrochemicals »
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #5 on: 24/03/2019 12:11:44 »
Quote from: Mariana on 13/02/2019 12:27:38
Claire asks:

Since birds are the evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, why don't birds have teeth, and when did they lose them?

As birds needed to fly, they needed to reduce their density, so it make sense it is a weigth reduction that made an adapatative advantage.
« Last Edit: 24/03/2019 12:15:18 by Universal_learner »
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #6 on: 07/04/2019 19:50:12 »
It takes longer to grow a muzzle and teeth than it does to make a beak. Eggs that hatch earlier are much more likely to live and reproduce. So any birds that had teeth had fewer chicks. Kinda simple.
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #7 on: 05/06/2020 04:02:30 »
Quote from: Universal_learner on 24/03/2019 12:11:44
Quote from: Mariana on 13/02/2019 12:27:38
Claire asks:

Since birds are the evolutionary descendants of dinosaurs, why don't birds have teeth, and when did they lose them?

As birds needed to fly, they needed to reduce their density, so it make sense it is a weigth reduction that made an adapatative advantage.
So... Do flightless birds not have teeth?
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #8 on: 05/06/2020 12:28:47 »
A recently documented toothed bird, preserved in amber:
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2020-03-12/fossil-of-hummingbird-like-dinosaur-found-in-myanmar-amber/12033634
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #9 on: 03/08/2020 01:35:00 »
The scientific consensus is dinosaurs were reptiles: cold-blooded. 

Birds are warm-blooded.   Next?
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #10 on: 03/08/2020 02:51:45 »
Quote from: Anad Rutner on 03/08/2020 01:35:00
The scientific consensus is dinosaurs were reptiles: cold-blooded. 

You might want to update your knowledge about dinosaurs a few decades.
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Re: If birds descend from dinosaurs, why don't they have teeth?
« Reply #11 on: 03/08/2020 20:16:12 »
Quote from: Anad Rutner on 03/08/2020 19:45:09
You might want to actually get your information from something other than comic books.
You might want to stop acting like the kind of kid who is still reading comic books.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physiology_of_dinosaurs#What_the_debate_is_about
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