A Close Look At Hair

Hair is unique to mammals. It serves to protect against the heat and the cold and also act as camouflage or as a defence in the shape of spines and spikes. Under the power of the scanning electron microscope, hair fibres have a distinctive pattern and shape - which allows scientists to distinguish from one animal to another.



A Close Look At Hair

Hair is unique to mammals. It serves to protect against the heat and the cold and also act as camouflage or as a defence in the shape of spines and spikes. Under the power of the scanning electron microscope, hair fibres have a distinctive pattern and shape - which allows scientists to distinguish from one animal to another.