Re: Human Hair

On Apr 9, 2:58 am, Shane <remar...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On 8 Apr 2007 20:35:25 -0700, gabrielfriel...@xxxxxxxxx wrote:



On Apr 8, 7:29 pm, Cory Albrecht <coryalbrecht+n...@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
gabrielfriel...@xxxxxxxxx wrote, On 2007/04/08 15:48:

I forgot to mention a few other hairless land only mammals. Rhinos and
pigs. As far as rhinos go, they are armored. Their dermal armor

Umm have you ever seen even a picture of a wild boar? Definitely *not*
hairless!http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boar

Nor are domesticatd pigs hairless. Relative to their wild relatives the
domesticated pig's hair is fine but you can still see it even a metre or
two away.

Ask anybody who's ever seen a pig on a farm.

You're correct, I have worked with pigs before and they do indeed have
fur, not much but they do.

But not any where near enough to protect themselves from sunburn, which
I am given to understand is one reason why pigs wallow in mud, which is
about SPF 1000 if applied liberally.

I wonder if it is just a freak side effect of our domestication of
them that has resulted in skin devoid of protective tannins.

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