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<p>[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1279009, member: 111"]Heh, have quite a few alligator product ads somewhere in my files, alligators were used for all sorts of stuff, the reason they became endangered (plenty of them now). Can't really tell you the source of your tooth, but suspect yours is probably alligator, they're more common because as opposed the four fangs that a big cat has, gators and crocs have mouths full of fang-like teeth, they're also hollow (sometimes smaller teeth are already growing inside larger ones), so that also might explain why it feels light to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>These are tiger fangs:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]217737[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>These are alligator teeth, note the wide variety of shapes and sizes (they can be much large than these), should be kept in mind that they can be polished and their shape can be modified a bit since though hollow they're still fairly thick, especially closer to the tips (they can take a limb, so they're sturdy)...</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]217738[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]217739[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>This one is 4.5" long:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]217740[/ATTACH]</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>~Cheryl[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="DragonflyWink, post: 1279009, member: 111"]Heh, have quite a few alligator product ads somewhere in my files, alligators were used for all sorts of stuff, the reason they became endangered (plenty of them now). Can't really tell you the source of your tooth, but suspect yours is probably alligator, they're more common because as opposed the four fangs that a big cat has, gators and crocs have mouths full of fang-like teeth, they're also hollow (sometimes smaller teeth are already growing inside larger ones), so that also might explain why it feels light to you. These are tiger fangs: [ATTACH=full]217737[/ATTACH] These are alligator teeth, note the wide variety of shapes and sizes (they can be much large than these), should be kept in mind that they can be polished and their shape can be modified a bit since though hollow they're still fairly thick, especially closer to the tips (they can take a limb, so they're sturdy)... [ATTACH=full]217738[/ATTACH] [ATTACH=full]217739[/ATTACH] This one is 4.5" long: [ATTACH=full]217740[/ATTACH] ~Cheryl[/QUOTE]
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