Why does a nutria have orange teeth?

Answer 1

There is no word in English that rhymes with orange.

Answer 2

I looked this up and couldn't find any answer for you. How weird is that?

I do have a couple guesses??

Maybe they have extremely thin enamel on their teeth, and you can see the blood through them. If this is true, it would look orange because most animals' teeth are some type of yellow, and then red blood underneath? Red + yellow = orange???

Another guess is that it is stained by something in the mouth, either food, or the oil secreted by the mouth and anus to waterproof the fur, or something they would chew up to build a nest with.

One website mentioned it as "natural".

Quite a weird little animal, kind of cute? He's like a rat-beaver.

Answer 3

Nutria, like many rodents (porcupines, beavers, and others), have orange gnawing teeth. The front side is composed of much harder (orange) enamel than the back (whiter) enamel. As the rodent eats, the back enamel wears down faster than the front, keeping a very sharp gnawing edge, the better for eating trees and other tough plants.

Answer 4

Because nutria are just as ugly as hell. Beady eyes, orange teeth, babies coming out of a bunch of zit pores on the mother's back. They are the roaches of the rodent world!