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Fingernails are made of a special kind of protein called keratin, the same kind of stuff that a cow's hoofs and horns are made of. There are many different kinds of proteins. You need the protein of meat or milk or plant seeds in your diet. But don't chew your fingernails. You can't digest the keratin protein. Keratin is made of dead cells, so is your hair and your first layer of skin! It sounds gross, but I wouldn't change it, though!
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∙ 13y agoHair and fingernails are both mainly made out of the structural protein keratin
May answer: THEY ARE MADE FROM HAIR!
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∙ 13y agoIt would be extraordinarily unusual for hair to be attached to a nail (both are made mostly of keratin, a skin protein). A nail, being essentially dead tissue, cannot grow hair from itself.
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What is a rhinoceros horn made of?
Its horn is made up of a material called Keratin, our nails are also made up of this substance only.
Is hair made of the same material as bird feathers?
Yes
What are beaks made of?
A calcium compound, the same thing in our fingernails.
Are fingernails made of keratin?
yes, just the same as a rhino's horn is
What macromolecules is the horn of a rhinoceros made of?
It was common belief that rhinoceros horns were made of compressed hair, but that has been dispelled. Rhino horn is mostly keratin, and the core of it is made from dense mineral deposits of calcium and melanin.
Is a horses hove the same as your fingernails?
It is the same material but muck thicker. Same with your hair. Fingernails, human hair, and a horses hoof are all the same material. So yes.
What is a rhinoceros' tusk made of?
Rhinos do not have tusks, but their horns are made from compacted hair and keratin (the same material as fingernails).
What is a rhinoaurus horn made out of?
Rhinoceros horns are made out of solid keratin. Keratin is the same material that fingernails and hair are made of. Also like fingernails, the horn can grow back if it is cut.
What is hair made of and what is it?
Hair is made out of Keratin, the same substances that make up your fingernails.
What is a tough material that makes up an arthropods exoskeleton?
I believe that exoskeletons are made of the same material as our own fingernails and hair, just compacted together.
Are rattlesnake rattles made of the same material as your fingernails?
Yes.
What are fingernails made up of?
The same things as hair.(as far as I kno)
What are fingernail made of?
Fingernails are made from a protein called "Keratin".
What is rhino tusk made of?
It is made of keratin, the same substance as hair and fingernails.
What keeps your hair flexible and waterproof?
Keratin the same thing your fingernails are made of!
What is a rhinocerus horn made of?
Keratin, the same substance that our hair and fingernails are composed of.
Of what material are fingernails made?
Fingernails are made of keratinhttp://www.answers.com/keratinfinger nails are made up of the same stuff that's in your hair its a substance called keratin which is an extremely hard protein.. This same substance is also found in skin, hooves, horns and teeth.
