Assertion: gar's mouth | /r/HasProperty | closed
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Source sentences:
text: An alligator’s upper jaw is slightly wider than its lower, with the lower teeth fitting in depressions in the upper jaw and therefore not visible when the mouth is closed.
text: When a crocodile’s mouth is closed, you can only see their fourth tooth while you can see a line of a teen when an alligator’s mouth is closed.
text: Usually, no lower teeth are visible when the mouth is closed.
text: In contrast, true crocodiles have a narrow V-shaped snout, and the large fourth tooth on each side of the lower jaw projects outside the snout when the mouth is closed.
text: In crocodiles, the upper jaw and lower jaw are approximately the same width and so teeth in the lower jaw fit along the margin of the upper jaw when the mouth is closed.
text: As the large fourth tooth in the lower jaw also fits outside the upper jaw, there is a well-defined constriction in the upper jaw behind the nostrils to accommodate it when the mouth is closed.