No, they're not elephants. And technically, they're not even shrews. But it's not hard to see how elephant shrews got their name. This insectivorous African animal uses that glorious and elongated nose to hunt down spiders, worms, and insects, and then suck them up like an anteater does.
Tooth number 1 is the tooth farthest back on the right side of your mouth in the upper (maxillary) jaw. Numbering continues along your upper teeth toward the front and across to the tooth farthest back on the top left side (which is number 16). The numbers continue by dropping down to the lower (mandibular) jaw. Number 17 is the tooth farthest back on the left side of your mouth on the bottom. Numbering continues again toward the front and across to the tooth farthest back on the bottom right side of your mouth (which is number 32). In this system, the teeth that should be there are numbered.
Hint: Itâs big. Up to this point, the biggest tooth ever discovered belongs to an extinct killer-whale type species known as Leviathan melvillei. This hunter-whale grew up to 18 meters long, and had the biggest, most lethal teeth in the world, some tooth specimens found reach up to 36 centimeters in length, thatâs over 1 foot long.