Us Stock Fossilized Woolly Mammoth Spit Tooth Eco-friendly [NMlSPWxI]

Wouldn’t it be nice to simply get rid of a worn-out or damaged tooth by just spitting it out? We often think about how much money that would save us at the dentist. For the woolly mammoth, this ideal circumstance was a reality brought about by millions of years of evolution.

Considering that the mammoth’s main diet consisted of tough vegetation and roots, it needed some pretty strong chompers to grind down its food for digestion. With all that grinding, it’s little surprise that their teeth eventually wore down.

Unlike most mammals, which grow baby teeth and then replace them with a single permanent set of adult teeth, mammoths had cycles of tooth rotation throughout their lives. The chewing teeth were replaced six times in a typical mammoth's lifetime.

Similarly, a mammoth would gain a fresh new tooth, and thanks to the process of mineralization, we are left with a fossil to present to you—a true win-win.