What’s the difference between fur and hair?….by daf man

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THERE REALLY ISN’T ANY! Check it out on Wikipedia or any other reference.

But what about poodles?  Don’t they have hair and not fur?  Isn’t that why they don’t shed?

Well, yes and no!.  The stuff is generally called “fur” when the fibers are shed all at roughly the same time.  It’s generally called “hair” when the fiber are all shed a different times.  And a poodle’s coat is like human hair in this respect.

(Online science curriculum for the day:   The hair from each follicle on your head falls out regularly.  Then the follicle rests a while.  Then it grows another hair.  But you don’t go bald, because there are always plenty of hairs growing while some follicles are resting.   The follicles of balding people gradually take longer and longer rests and grow thinner and thinner (and weaker) hair strands.)

Has the FOG lifted from your brain yet Dog Lover?  Best from the FogBuster, who makes learning a fun game.

Many animals, including some dogs, have coats that change between winter and summer.  This happens by having most old hair fall out and a coat of new hair grow in at roughly the same time.

But remember, there is really no difference between a strand of hair and a strand of fur.  Or between a hair follicle and a fur follicle.  It’s just called fur when the follicles “shed” in unison and hair when each follicle marches to the beat of its own drummer.

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