[TheForge] [OT] Re: Rocks (Was: Steel...flint sources?)

[Ben Barrett]

Thanks Dan -- I am in the same boat... not an expert, but I didn't
think my memories of growing up with sheep and goats (and my jersey
heifer) were that long-lost.  I agree they could still take off a
finger if so inclined, but the pad (hard gum area) is friendlier to be
"bitten" by that a pair of top & bottom teeth!
Maybe Frosty and Stephen have some local conditions which have caused
the animals to need & grow those extra teeth :)

ben


On 4/24/07, Dan Hayes <dhayes at dthayes.com> wrote:
> Frosty - glad to hear your surgery went well.
>
> I don't know about all ruminants but having raised them, I know cows and
> sheep DO NOT have upper incisors (front teeth). Instead, they have a dental
> pad (i.e. a flat hard gum area).
>
> And for those of you concerned about global warming, check out this link for
> a great discussion of caw farts: http://www.didyouknow.cd/cows.htm (click on
> the You Tube video).
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
> Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 2:06 AM
> To: artgawk at thegrid.net; Sponsored by ABANA
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] [OT] Re: Rocks (Was: Steel...flint sources?)
>
> You always have such . . . Interesting imagery Pete.
>
> Ruminents have top and bottom incisers and if they were
> so inclined could indeed take fingers off.
>
> Frosty
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>
>
> > Generates an image of a needle nosed sheep slurping
> > it's way down a very long blade of grass only to find
> > that when it reaches the root, that it can't bite it
> > off and is thus anchored to the ground....pf
> >
> > Ben Barrett wrote:
> >> I thought sheep, like other ruminants (or even,
> >> even-toed ungulates),
> >> had only upper teeth in front.... Bovids, more
> >> particularly... but I
> >> couldn't find
> >> confirmation of this on wikipedia:
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bovidae
> >>
> >> This is a very important detail, in that sheep &
> >> goats (among others) are
> >> not likely to be able to bite off your finger -- and
> >> also, if you happened to
> >> be forging a sculpture of a bovid's mouth you don't
> >> need to forge so many
> >> teeth :)
> >>
> >> ben
>
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