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Water fluoride and pets

Picture of a Dog and Cat Community water fluoridation poses no risk to animals of any size - from the family fish to your furry friends. Fluoride already occurs naturally in most water supplies, including the ocean.

There is more fluoride in sea water than in fluoridated drinking water.

Animal Tales

Ants can lift an object up to fifty times their body-weight and carry it over their heads. They don't do this with their feet, but with their mouths
Crocodiles don't clean their own teeth; they let a plover (little bird) pick their teeth for scraps of leftover food
A snail can have about 25,000 teeth, which are located on its tongue
Cats have 30 teeth and dogs have 42.

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Last Updated: 17 October 2007
Last Reviewed: 17 October 2007