You probably thought that the Bond villain Jaws was the only creature on Earth with metal teeth but no, there’s a marine mollusc that’s developed metallic choppers, the hardest teeth in the animal kingdom. Chitones are found worldwide, and their teeth are coated with magnetite, a mineral that is both metal, and magnetic! They live in intertidal areas and munch rocks to find their food in them.
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Chiton, a mollusc with teeth... Magnetic teeth!
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