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When the temperature is cold, the hair and fur on animals fluffs up, creating air pockets between hairs that insulate the body from the cold.
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How do animals with no hair survive?
They survive in different habitats. Animals with hair can survive in cold and warm places, and animals without hair survive in warm places.
What does it mean when an animals has 'hollow' fur?
It means just what it sounds like: The shaft of the hair is a tube rather than a solid strand. Generally speaking, animals will grow this kind of fur as a means or trapping heat to protect themselves from the cold.
Why does cats have hair all over their body?
All mammals have hair or fur covering their body. This hair acts as an insulator which keeps the animals warm in cold weather, and acts as a barrier so dirt or other matter is kept off the skin. Fur can also help protect the animal from potential wounds from fighting or fleeing from other animals.
How do skin and hair work together?
Skin and hair work together to protect the body from external factors. Hair follicles are embedded in the skin, with hair acting as insulation and sensing stimuli. Skin regulates temperature and provides nutrients to hair follicles, while hair can enhance the effectiveness of skin's protective barrier.
Why do I have long hair on my arm?
The long hair on your arm is a natural feature of your body that helps regulate temperature and protect your skin.
Why is found long hair on cold region animals?
Purely genetics... Not only the hair is long, it is thicker and in realy cold klimats are holow with air traped inside.
Why do wool yielding animals have a thick coat of hair on their bodies?
To protect the animal from their environment. And wool IS that "thick coat of hair" you mentioned.
What do Goose do?
Goose bumps raise the hair on your arm in an attempt to great a thicker layer to protect you in cold weather. It is an evolutionary thing from when we had much thicker hair on your bodies and had to endure cold weather.
When would an animal be most likley to grow longer hair?
In autumn, to protect against cold.
Why do we grow hair under our arms?
We grow hair under our arms as a natural way for our bodies to regulate temperature and protect the skin in that area.
How are colded blood animals and warm blood animals different?
Cold-blooded animals cannot regulate their own body temeprature and rely on the climate around them to keep them warm. Warm-blooded animals can regualte their own body temperature. Thats why a snake ( which is cold-blooded) is more active under a heat lamp than if he had none. That's why you will see mammals out in the snow sometimes and not snakes. Mammals have hair of some sort and cold blooded most of the times don't.
Does the temperature of water while bathing effect the hair?
Yes it does. Hot water and Cold water both have certain benefits and disadvantages to hair. Cold water results in shinier, cleaner and less frizzy hair. however, its not very pleasant to wash hair with cold water. Hot water helps with cleaning hair but it makes the root of the hair thinner.
