Dr. Yara Haridi
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And that makes sense that they look like odontodes.
I'm like, why does it make sense?
And he's like, well, because teeth are sensory.
Odontodes are probably sensory too.
And I was like, how do we prove this?
How do we actually test if odontodes, which are outside the mouth, are sensory the same way teeth inside the mouth are?
So, you know, your teeth are sensitive, right?
You're having some issues with that.
And like a lot of us do.
But it doesn't really make sense.
Why would you chew with these super sensitive structures?
Yeah.
That was always such a bizarre thought process.
But then you look at all these different animals that use their teeth as sensory organs.
Elephants touching the ground.
Narwhals with their giant horn.
It's not a horn.
It's actually a giant tooth.
Bonkers.
And they sense all kinds of temperature changes and wave changes because their dentine is sensitive.