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Teeth first evolved as sensory tissue in the armored exoskeletons of ancient fish, fossil scans find (phys.org)
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WHAT?!

Original paper: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-025-08944-w

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[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 3 points 2 weeks ago

Imagine. You're a fish just swimming around. You have skin that senses like a humans teeth can sense....a larger creature comes and crunches you and your teeth skin with their gigantic boned armoured jaw.

And then remember the last time novacaine didn't work when someone was drilling your teeth.