12-02-2025
Chocolate Labrador Puppy Does Her Best Shark Impression When It's Time for a New Bone
It's hard to resist a puppy's adorable face, but don't be fooled — they're willing to be a little rough around the edges if it means they'll get what they want! And at a young age, they don't quite know their power just yet, but they are more than ready to try wielding it.
For the adorable Chocolate Labrador puppy in the TikTok video below, that means pretending she's a baby shark in order to get the important things done... even if, to her, the "important things" are a brand new bone she's ready to get her paws (and her sharp teeth) on.
In this video shared by @mollythechocolatelab2021, we meet Molly, who is hiding under a couch as she waits for a new bone — just like a shark waiting to grab their prey.
Even though the bone is right there waiting for her to take it, just inches away from her face, Molly waits until the exact right moment. Then, in a blur of motion, she reaches out and grabs her bone before retreating back under the couch to enjoy it in safety.
This sweet Chocolate Lab really is too cute, and you really do have to admire her commitment to getting what she wants while still remaining under cover. If she ever gets tired of the shark life, she could make an excellent spy.
Molly is most definitely not the first puppy to be described as a shark, and she won't be the last! Puppies have notoriously sharp teeth, and it's not just because they're brand new — there's actually a reason for that!
As Pets Best noted in a blog post, puppies, like human babies, are born without teeth... but they start teething a lot faster than babies do! Their baby teeth, also called deciduous teeth, start popping through their gums about two to three weeks after birth, and they have the full set by the time they're ten weeks old, which is impressively fast.
But why are they so sharp and pointy? At a young age, puppies don't yet have the jaw strength to chew through food (especially when it comes to meat, which they'd encounter in the wild) so their baby teeth have thinner enamel and longer roots than adult teeth.
Those 28 teeth fall out between the ages of four to six months old and are replaced with 42 adult teeth, which are far less shark-like.
Molly has the rare combo of sneaky and shark-y, as we can see in the video above. I hope her mom is prepared for that kind of chaotic (but fun) energy!
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