1. If Teeth Could Talk

2. We can learn a lot about an animal by it’s skull
What they eat
How they survived
Is it a predator or prey
What senses are most important

3. Let’s look at some skulls!
Teeth
Eyes
Nasal Passage
Inner Ear (Auditory Bullae)

4. Teeth

6. Incisors
Canines
Molars
Wolf skull

8. Note the lack of upper incissors

10. Bear skulls with relatively large incisors and canines

11. Eyes
What do our teeth say about our diet? What can they show about our health?

12. Have students decide if carnivore, herbivore or omnivore for next three slides. Have students speculate on at least one feature of the teeth that would distinguish the category, ie. Large cannines

16. Nasal Passage
Review the terms of predator and prey. Which types of animals are predator?

18. Inner Ear
Which animals are both?

19. Depending on which skulls your class has, this mosaic represents the most of the mammals.

20. Now it’s your turn! Lets ID some skulls