Toothless Wonders: 10 animals that thrive without teeth

Anteater Long tongues and powerful claws help anteaters consume ants and termites, as they don’t have any teeth at all.

Turtle Turtles use their strong beaks to crush food, lacking teeth but managing to eat plants, insects and small fish.

Giant pangolin Pangolins have no teeth and rely on a sticky and long tongue to consume ants and termites from nests.

Baleen whale Instead of teeth, baleen whales filter tiny plankton and fish through comb-like baleen plates in their massive mouths.

Earthworm Earthworms lack teeth entirely and consume soil and organic material through muscular contractions in their digestive system.

Octopus Octopuses do not have teeth but a strong beak that they use to bite their prey and inject venom before consuming them.

Sea horse Seahorses slurp up plankton and small crustaceans using a toothless snout, relying on suction to capture food.

Platypus Adult platypuses have grinding plates, not teeth using them to mash insects and small aquatic creatures.

Flamingo Flamingos filter-feed using their beaks lined with lamellae therefore they do not need teeth to separate mud from small crustaceans.

Leatherback sea turtle These sea turtles lack teeth but have sharp and backwards-pointing spines in their throats to trap slippery jellyfish prey.

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