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Welcome to c/WouldYouRather, where we present you with the toughest, most ridiculous choices you never knew you had to make! Would you rather have a third arm that's only useful for picking your nose, or be able to talk to animals but only if they're wearing hats? Yeah, it's that kind of vibe. Come for the absurdity, stay because you've clearly got nothing better to do with your life.

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WYR: Would you rather have hair for teeth or teeth for hair? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Well, I can't think of a creature that has anything related to external teeth instead of hair, less a few bizarre mutations that might have occurred.

Blue whales, on the other hand: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baleen

[–] threelonmusketeers 5 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Isn't shark skin rough because it's basically covered in tiny teeth?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

Huh, TIL. On reading about them, shark denticles primarily consist of dentin. Denticles are as close to teeth as baleen are to hair, I suppose.

I guess we could dig around and find more surprisingly logical answers to OPs question.

(Still, a shark or a whale is a decent choice.)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hope you REALLY love shrimp. Or krill I guess but that's harder to find at the grocery store.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

I do! While there are probably some major drawbacks, like having to swallow the occasional religious prophet or sentient log, it kinda sounds OK.