A Slow Meander Through Life

Sunday, November 20, 2005

Fur v Hair

Which animals have fur, and which have hair, and what is the difference?

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4 Comments:

  • humans have hair...elephants have hair... most members of the cat family have fur (mink, etc). fur is supposedly thicker and more numerous than hair. i think their main purpose is to protect the animal's skin, but fur also acts as an insulator.

    By Anonymous Anonymous, at 8:23 pm  

  • So at what point does hair become fur?
    Can you have hairy dogs and furry dogs?
    Are bears always furry?

    By Blogger Dan, at 12:27 am  

  • Horses have both hair and fur, the greedy beggars. And don't get me started on those teeth of theirs.

    By Blogger Huw, at 12:11 pm  

  • Living next to a common which has horses freely running around (and scaring the crap out of me) I should have spotted that. But which bit is the fur? I thought it was all hair?
    Could we assume that you would never wear a hair coat, only a fur coat?
    Does that start to split the group?

    By Blogger Dan, at 12:22 pm  

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