Crab eater seal teeth

[u/GAZUAG]

[u/DeuceGnarly]

Its teeth have teeth!

[u/SapphireSalamander]

does anyone know exactly how this adaption helps it eat crabs? looks so fragile

[u/GAZUAG → u/SapphireSalamander]

Actually the name is misleading. They don't eat crabs but krill. So they use the teeth to sieve it like whales do. Stupid naming, I know.

[u/Kronix_96 → u/GAZUAG]

really interesting actually and not at all what I expected. True with the misleading name haha

[u/schawde96 → u/GAZUAG]

Aren't Krill technically crabs?

[u/GAZUAG → u/schawde96]

Maybe

[u/Seldarin → u/schawde96]

They're crustaceans like crabs are, but they're more closely related to shrimp than crabs, even though they're not really shrimp either.

[u/Kronix_96 → u/SapphireSalamander]

I am no expert but I assume they act like serrated knives. Good for cutting things that are hard on the outside and soft on the inside, so perfect for crabs

[u/leg18]

Not a big fan I'll be frank

[u/aurelien0974 → u/leg18]

Hi Frank, i'm dad

[u/Scottbarrett15 → u/aurelien0974]

Why did you leave?

[u/Parrobertson → u/Scottbarrett15]

Milk doesn’t just manifest in the fridge Scott.

[u/KFC_manager_Mufasi → u/leg18]

But mom said it’s my turn to be frank!

[u/Wombat-Smack-Down]

Imagine the time this poor beast spends on flossing each day.

[u/TuzzNation]

Ok, can I still pat that dawg?

[u/Ohboycats → u/TuzzNation]

I work for a veterinary hospital, we use this phrase daily in this accent

[u/fr3nzy821]

Thank god I'm not a crab.

[u/MagneticFlea]

My husband is missing a tooth and I wish this was an option for a replacement.

[u/mizzanthrop → u/MagneticFlea]

Replacing your husband with a seal seems like an overreaction to him missing a tooth.

[u/-tamarack]

Flossing must be a nightmare.

[u/Upstairs-Light963]

A  nightmare to floss.

[u/allbeamsarecolumns]

The design is not very human

[u/KoopsTheKoopa]

Hmm. I wonder what it's diet mainly consists of for it evolve into having teeth like that 🤔

[u/GAZUAG → u/KoopsTheKoopa]

Apparently it eats krill.

[u/GardtheSavage]

What the actual fucking fuck!

[u/Gallywag]

What does this species eat with teeth like that!?

[u/jan91andersen → u/Gallywag]

The title says crab eater, so that’s my bet.

[u/GAZUAG → u/jan91andersen]

The name is weirdly misleading because it mainly eats krill. It sieves krill through the teeth like whales do.

[u/maggiemayfish → u/jan91andersen]

Inconclusive

[u/GAZUAG → u/Gallywag]

The name is misleading. It mainly eats krill. I don't know who named it.

[u/BishoxX → u/Gallywag]

They catch em and filter em.