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Tuesday, November 11, 2008
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You Have Lizards In Your Hair!

Photo: A green anole lizard






















Photograph courtesy Karin Jaeger (Medical University of Vienna, Austria)


A new study says that our hair is related to reptile claws. Hair is made from a protein called keratin. Findings suggests that modern birds, reptiles, and mammals--as well as dinosaurs--shared an early common reptilian ancestor that had claws built from keratin more than 300 million years ago. Keratin evolved into strands of hair only in mammals.

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6 Comments

cool lizard !!!!!!!!

I have 9 lizards. That's right! 9! 3 adults,6 babies.

Aww!he looks like MY Trigger!And my Lightning and my Sneaky,and my...and...and...and...and...and

weeeeeeeird *but cool**sorry im late*
*sonicguy22*

I've actually got 10 since i posted that.

i've got a few eggs that are almost ready to hatch!

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