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Uumasut kiisortut neqituumasuugamik kigutinik<br />
nukittuunik ipittunillu <strong>at</strong>orfi ssaqartitsisarput.<br />
Uumasut naasortuumasut kigutinik<br />
nukittuunik manissunik <strong>at</strong>orfi ssaqartitsisarput<br />
ivikkanik naasunillu allanik iluamik<br />
<strong>se</strong>qut<strong>se</strong>risarsinnaajumallutik. Uumasut<br />
naasortuumasut tamakku ila<strong>at</strong> tassaavoq<br />
naggua<strong>at</strong>soq. Taanna naasunik ima neritigisarpoq<br />
uumanermini arfi nileriarluni allanik kigutitaartarluni!<br />
Tuugaarsuili kusanartut marluk allanik<br />
taar<strong>se</strong>rneqartanngill<strong>at</strong>, ukiut tamarluinnaasa<br />
talliartortuartaramik nagg<strong>at</strong>a<strong>at</strong>igullu <strong>at</strong>aa<strong>se</strong>q 100 kiilungajannik<br />
oqimaassu<strong>se</strong>qalersarluni. Tuuga<strong>at</strong> kusassa<strong>at</strong>aannaanngill<strong>at</strong>. Sakkutut<br />
aamma aj<strong>at</strong>sissutitut kivitsissutillu <strong>at</strong>orneqartarput.<br />
Rovdyr har brug <strong>for</strong> stærke og skarpe tænder, <strong>for</strong>di de er<br />
kødædere.<br />
De dyr, der er planteædere, har brug <strong>for</strong> stærke, fl ade tænder,<br />
så de rigtig kan male og kværne det <strong>se</strong>je græs og andre planter.<br />
En af dis<strong>se</strong> planteædere er elefanten. Den spi<strong>se</strong>r så meget<br />
planteføde, <strong>at</strong> den må skifte tænder 6 gange i livet! Dog ikke de<br />
2 fl otte stødtænderne, som bare vok<strong>se</strong>r år <strong>for</strong> år, og som kan<br />
ende med <strong>at</strong> veje næsten 100 kg stykket. Stødtænderne er<br />
ikke bare til pynt. De bruges som våben og til <strong>at</strong> skubbe og<br />
løfte med.<br />
Pred<strong>at</strong>ors need strong, sharp teeth becau<strong>se</strong> they are carnivores.<br />
Animals th<strong>at</strong> are <strong>her</strong>bivores need strong, fl <strong>at</strong> teeth so they can really grind and chew tough<br />
gras<strong>se</strong>s and ot<strong>her</strong> plants. One of the<strong>se</strong> <strong>her</strong>bivores is the elephant. It e<strong>at</strong>s so much plant fodder<br />
th<strong>at</strong> it must change teeth six times during its life! But it doesn’t change the two beautiful tusks<br />
which just grow longer each year and can end up weighing almost 100 kilos each. The tusks<br />
are not just <strong>for</strong> decor<strong>at</strong>ion. They are u<strong>se</strong>d as weapons and <strong>for</strong> pushing and lifting.<br />
Tuloriarujussuit aamma ila<strong>at</strong>igut puulukinit nujuartanit imarmiutarsuarnillu<br />
nalunngilavut maanilu Kalaallit Nunaanni aamma aavernit qilalukkanillu qernertanit<br />
qipisumik (3 meter angullugu takissu<strong>se</strong>qalersartumik) tuugaaqartartunit.<br />
Uumasut tamakku kigutit (”tuuga<strong>at</strong>”) pillugit inunnit piffi ssap ingerlanerani<br />
pisarineqartuartarsimapput, eqqissisim<strong>at</strong>itsisoqalerner<strong>at</strong>igulli piniarneq killilersimaneqartorujussuanngorsimalluni.<br />
Naamm<strong>at</strong>torsuarnik uumasoqarallarm<strong>at</strong> inuit ilarpassui kigutinik kusanartunik<br />
uumasunik imaluunniit ”tupilannik” qiperugaliortarput.<br />
Some animals have gigantic eye-teeth,<br />
<strong>for</strong> example the wild boar and the<br />
hippopotamus, and <strong>her</strong>e in <strong>Greenland</strong><br />
we have the walrus and the narwhal<br />
with its one (up to three metre-long)<br />
twisted tooth.<br />
Throughout time, man has hunted<br />
the<strong>se</strong> animals <strong>for</strong> their teeth<br />
(ivory), but pre<strong>se</strong>rv<strong>at</strong>ion<br />
has resulted in gre<strong>at</strong>ly<br />
reduced hunting activity.<br />
When t<strong>her</strong>e were plenty<br />
of animals, the Inuit made beautiful<br />
fi gurines in ivory of animals or<br />
“tupilaks”<br />
Meeqq<strong>at</strong> qupperner<strong>at</strong> · Børnesider · Children’s pages<br />
Gigantiske hjørnetænder kender vi<br />
også fra bl.a. vildsvin og fl odheste<br />
og <strong>her</strong> i Grønland fra hvalros<strong>se</strong>n og<br />
narhvalen med dens ene lange (op til<br />
3 m) snoede tand.<br />
Mennesker har gennem alle tider<br />
nedlagt dis<strong>se</strong> dyr <strong>for</strong> tændernes skyld<br />
(“elfenben”), men gennem fredning<br />
er jagten efterhånden stærkt begræn<strong>se</strong>t.<br />
Da der var dyr nok, lavede mange<br />
inuitter fl otte fi gurer af tænderne,<br />
dyrefi gurer eller “tupilakker”.<br />
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