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Some tribes in India believe that a horn like growth appears on the heads of some jackals and call it siyar singhi, which is Hindi for "jackal horn". It is said that the horn appears on the jackal when it "hoots facing downward". Believers say possession of this "organ" brings good fortune. They also pronounce the effectiveness in the use of hairs that supposedly grow from it in white (good) and black (evil) magic applications. The hairs are said to continue to grow even after the horn is harvested from the animal.

How does it grow and is it alive?

For the sake of entertaining your question, I will say that this horn is not believed to be alive after it is harvested from the animal. How then, one may ask, could the hairs continue to grow with out some supernatural or spiritual quality to the jackal "horn"?.

Many bodily functions continue for a few minutes after death. Hair growth (as well as finger and toe nails) is one of them. This is because these things are controlled by chemicals in the body, not signals from the brain, and although the heart may have stopped beating, there is still a small amount of growth chemical in each cell. These cells continue to do their jobs until they run of of chemicals to work with.

But in the space of 2 or 3 minutes the growth is, obviously, so minute it goes unnoticed to the naked eye.

An interesting side consequence of death however is what happens several weeks later. Hair and finger/toe nails are embedded deep within the bodily tissues. As the skin dries out and shrinks, it exposes the roots of the hair and nails so they appear to have grown longer.

Why we cannot find a lot of info on this "organ" that jackals supposedly can possess?

The Indian tribe stories of the jackal horn or sidar singhi is a myth. It has never been proven and in every case is propagated by someone attempting to swindle someone else into purchasing the hairs for their so-called magical powers. There seems to exist a market for these "magical" hairs and so, the mythical legend continues to receive some attention in today's society.

Con artists that attempt to rip people off by propagating these stories will cut the tails off of a jackal or some other furry mammal like a squirrel or dog. Then they will attempt to sell it as what they call a sidar singhi and back up their lies implying it has supernatural powers by illustrating how its hair still "grows", despite the facts that I have explained above: it's not really growing; it only appears that way.

How it reproduces?

It doesn't. Hairs that are cut off at the skin line appear to come back when the part of the hair underneath the skin line gets exposed due to the skin drying out and receding.

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