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Incredibly, yes. Contrary to what happens to most animals, rabbits’ teeth, like those of mice, never stop growing. “But it’s not all the teeth – just the four incisors, two on top and two on the bottom, which are positioned right in front of the mouth”, says biologist Cecília Pessuti, from the Zoológico de Sorocaba, SP. You might be wondering, then, how come rabbits don’t have huge teeth, like the ivory tusks of elephants? Simple: teeth are worn down by chewing. But there are cases of anomaly in which the upper teeth do not line up with the lower ones. When that happens, they don’t wear out and grow disproportionately, preventing the animal from feeding and causing it to die – unless, of course, some friendly veterinarian keeps trimming its teeth.
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