. Beginners' Zoology . tv -::§i-r<V^ ^«#V/. Fig. 366. — Three-banded Armadillo {Tolypcutes tricmctus). Insect Eaters. — The soft interior and crusty covering ofinsects makes it unnecessary for animals that prey uponthem to have flat-topped teeth for grinding them to MAMMALS 20I powder, or long cusps for tearing them to pieces. Theteeth of insect eaters, even the molars (Fig. 368), havemany sharp tubercles, or points, for holding insects andpiercing the crusty outer skeleton and reducing it to most insects dig in the ground or fly in the air, weare not surprised to learn that some in
. Beginners' Zoology . tv -::§i-r<V^ ^«#V/. Fig. 366. — Three-banded Armadillo {Tolypcutes tricmctus). Insect Eaters. — The soft interior and crusty covering ofinsects makes it unnecessary for animals that prey uponthem to have flat-topped teeth for grinding them to MAMMALS 20I powder, or long cusps for tearing them to pieces. Theteeth of insect eaters, even the molars (Fig. 368), havemany sharp tubercles, or points, for holding insects andpiercing the crusty outer skeleton and reducing it to most insects dig in the ground or fly in the air, weare not surprised to learn that some insect-eating mam-
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