Explain how the teeth of carnivores, omnivores, and herbivores differ

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Teeth of carnivores have reduced incisors and enlarged canines. Teeth of herbivores have reduced canines; incisors adapted to snipping leaves; and wide, flat premolars and molars for grinding plant fibers. Omnivores are similar to herbivores but have pointed canines and flat incisors.

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