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Hair like fingernails claws mammal hooves reptile scales and bird feathers is made of dead cells What are these cells called?
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What protein are fingernails composed of?
Fingernails and hair (and claws, hooves and horns on animals) is composed of a protein called "Keratin".
What kind of protein is found in hair?
Your hair is composed of the protein keratin, which is the same protein that makes up fingernails, feathers, claws and hooves.
Do giraffes have fingernails?
Yes they do. But they arent the same as ours, they are harder and are morelike shells, but technicaly they are called nails.
What is the underside of the horses hooves called?
A horses foot is called the Hoof. The Hoof is the hard part on the bottom of the horses leg. Horses hooves are like our fingernails, actually they are made out of the same thing.
Are hooves horses or are horses hooves?
Neither. Hooves are the part of a horse's foot that are somewhat similar to a human's fingernails. You would say- that is my horse's hoof or my horse has never had a porblem with his hooves. it is never hooves horses.
Why do horses hooves need care every 4-6 weeks?
Horses hooves grow like out fingernails do. Also like our fingernails, horses hooves need to be trimmed and maintained. Poorly cared for hooves lead to a ridiculous number of problems, the first being cracks in hoof wall, lameness, inability to walk... the list goes on.
Are hair horns hooves and muscles made of proteins or lipids?
Hooves, such as those found on horses and cattle, are made out of a protein called keratin. Human hair and fingernails are also made of the same substance.
What are cats teeth made out of?
The same thing that human fingernails and animal hooves are made of, a protein called keratin.
What are zebras feet called?
Hooves.
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.
What do you call the horse with long hair around its hooves?
there are many breeds with "feathers" (the long hair around the hooves) they are mainly heavy breeds, the most common are: . Cobs . Gypsy Vanner . haflingers . Shires . Clydesdale (clides-dale) . draft . Percheron
What are nails made up of?
Fingernails and toenails are made of the same thing as hair, keratin. Fingernails are found on human beings and various primates. Similar to fingernails in other animals are horse hooves and rhinoceros horns.
