Mammals pretty much have the market cornered on hair, and you know all the other types of animals are jealous of us. Imagine a little lizard with bangs or something? It just wouldn’t be right. Sorry!
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Camarillo white horse
https://vgl.ucdavis.edu/services/horse/CamarilloWhite.php
https://www.camarillowhitehorses.org/history_camarillo_white_horses.html
African crested rat
https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rspb.2011.1169
https://www.sciencemag.org/news/2011/08/case-poisonous-rat
https://www.livescience.com/15360-crested-rat-poison-hairs-kills.html
Malabar giant squirrel
https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/04/indian-giant-squirrels-colors-camouflage/
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Hyena poop hair preservation
Graphene hair dye
https://www.eurekalert.org/pub_releases/2018-03/nu-gfn031218.php
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Grey hair
www.scientificamerican.com/article/why-does-hair-turn-gray/
https://science.sciencemag.org/content/307/5710/720
https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(05)00293-X?
https://www.fasebj.org/doi/full/10.1096/fj.08-125435
Stress
www.theguardian.com/science/2020/jan/22/stress-speeds-up-hair-greying-process-science-confirms
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-020-1935-3
https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/hair-turn-gray-2017091812226
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