Horse Dentist (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Horse Dentist

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Mongolian herder removing first premolar, or 'wolf tooth', from a young horse during the spring roundup using a screwdriver.

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Photo: Dimitri Staszewski. Taylor et al. 2018. Origins of Equine Dentistry. <i>PNAS</i>.

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