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What are animal horns made of?
Many animal 'horns' are made of a-keratin which is the same stuff that forms hair, claws and fingernails. Strictly speaking these are not classed as horns. As these keratin cells die they harden and then special sections of the skin transform the keratin into a horn (or claw or fingernail or hair, depending on the special skin cells.) Keratin is a protein and its chemistry will vary a fair bit. The keratin usually covers a core of living bone. A link can be found below to check facts and assist an investigator in learning more. Horns are properly made from bone.
Feathers hairs hooves and nails are all made of what substance?
They are all made of keratin.
What is baleen made of?
Keratin (the same as what your fingernails are made of).
What is kerattin?
Keratin is a type of structural protein that is found in the human skin, nails, and hair. Most other members of the kingdoms of Animalia share keratin in their skin, claws, and hair as well; reptiles, birds, amphibians, and mammals.
What is Rhinoceros' tusks made of?
packed keratin -- hair.
What protein are the bill and claws of the Great Curassow made of?
Keratin
Is your finger nail and toenail hard skin?
Nope. Your fingernails are made of the same substance that your hair is made from. Its something called keratin. Horses hooves are also made of keratin, as are the claws on animals. =)
What is a polar bears fur made of?
Keratin, the same as every mammal's fur and nails/claws is made of.
Which protein forms the hair and nails?
Your hair is made up of a long string of the protein keratin, which is the same protein that is the building blocks for fingernails, feathers, and even claws in many other species. --------------- Our skin is made up of keratin as well.
What is a rhnos horn made of?
A rhinoceros' horn is made of a substance called keratin. Keratin also makes up various other animal features, such as a reptile's scales and claws, feathers and beaks of birds, and even fingernails of humans. Keratin is grown from skin and is made of fibrous structural proteins.
What proteins make up the bill and claws of a great curassow?
Keratin
Hair like fingernails claws mammal hooves reptile scales and bird feathers is made of dead cells What are these cells called?
Keratin
What is the snowy owls talons made out of?
All birds Talons and Claws are also made of Keratin. The same as Human fingernails, Rino Horn, Porcupine and other such things.
What a rattlesnake's rattle made out of?
The rattle is made of keratin, the same group of substances that make up the human's outer layer of skin, fingernails, claws, horns, etc.
What ar nails made out of?
They are made out of keratin. Keratin is made out of dead cells packed real tight.
Is there keratin in fur?
Yes, there is keratin in fur. There is also keratin in human hair, cow skin, feathers, hooves, horns, nails, beaks, claws, wool, teeth, and much, much more.
What is a rhino horn made of?
It's made of keratin-that's the stuff your hair and nails are made of.It is not attached to the skull and is not bone.Although the horn is made from the same substance as hair, the horn itselff is not composed of hair as previously thought.The horn of the rhinoceros is a dermal one, meaning made from something much like skin. Skin is composed of collagen and elastic fibres. The fibre making up the rhino's horn is a keratin very similar to that making up human hair and chicken's claws.A rhino's horn is made of keratin. Keratin also makes fingernails, hair, and claws!Matted/compressed hair Additional Information: The Rhino horns are made up of a fibrous protein material called "keratin". It is a non-mineralized material found on many living mammals, reptiles, birds, and amphibians. The "keratin" that makes up the Rhino horn, is the same material that makes up claws, hooves, nails, and hair. The harder form is usually found in the reptiles, claws, shells, scales, and the birds, beaks, claws, and even feathers. For more details, and examples please see sites listed below.The horn is made of compressed keratin fibers, the same material that is found in fingernails and hair. ( The Wild Ones animal Index) For the source and more detailed information concerning your request, click on the related links section (Answers.com) indicated at the bottom of this answer box.hardened keratin.your hair and nails are made up of this protein called keratinRhino's horn are made of hair
