GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

Detailed explanation-1: -In the toothed whales, the teeth all have a simple cone shape and are used for grasping their prey, usually other fish and squids, prior to swallowing it whole, and not for grinding the food.

Detailed explanation-2: -Odontocetes, such as the sperm whale, possess teeth with cementum cells overlying dentine cells. Unlike human teeth, which are composed mostly of enamel on the portion of the tooth outside of the gum, whale teeth have cementum outside the gum.

Detailed explanation-3: -Toothed Whales: How They Eat Most toothed whales have cone-shaped teeth. A toothed whale also uses its teeth very differently than most other mammals.

Detailed explanation-4: -Whales with teeth use them to attack and consume their prey. Some whales have teeth, and all dolphins and porpoises have teeth. Approximately 65 different species of toothed whales exist. Toothed whales have one blowhole.