Re: Guide for anti-AATers
Phillip Bigelow (n8010095@cc.wwu.edu)
8 Nov 1995 15:56:54 -0800
VINCENT@REG.TRIUMF.CA (pete) writes:
>Benjamin H Diebold (bdiebold@minerva.cis.yale.edu) sez:
>`How do you explain the other animals that swim and dive, but that still
>`have hair? There are many mammals that spend varying amounts of time in
>`the water, but yet have hair. Why wouldn't the same selective advantage
>`in less body hair apply to them?
>I don't think you'll find any with hair. Fur, they have. Considerably
>different. Fur is a definite advantage for an aquatic animal,
>whereas hair is probably just a nuisance, and possibly a serious
>liability. It's not thick enough to insulate, nor oily enough
>to shed water.
From a biological point-of-view, Pete, hair and fur are the same thing.
They are homologous. Where is your reference that states that hair is
different from fur?
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