Pretty interesting find. (Not completely sure if this is the right community for this- let me know if you know where else it would be a good fit!)

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    10 months ago

    the article doesn’t mention how corrosion is prevented, since iron loves to rust, also doesn’t link to a paper which could contain that information

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      10 months ago

      The coating being orange indicates it is reacting with oxygen, aka rusting.

      They aren’t shiny silver plated teeth.

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        10 months ago

        Had to look this up yesterday as I had thought the same. In rodents anyway, the orange color is from amino acids, not the iron in their teeth.