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Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP26 May 2023 7:31 p.m. PST

"Hair is a defining mammalian characteristic with a variety of functions, from sensory perception to heat retention to skin protection.

Although the mammalian ancestor is believed to have had hair, and in fact the development of hair is a key evolutionary innovation along the mammalian lineage, numerous mammals subsequently lost much of their hair.

Many marine mammals, including whales, dolphins, porpoises, manatees, dugongs, and walruses, have sparse hair coverage likely related to hydrodynamic adaptations to allow those species to thrive in a marine environment…"


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Dn Jackson Supporting Member of TMP27 May 2023 9:26 a.m. PST

I don't know why they need to do "research." I can tell them. I just got old.

Tango01 Supporting Member of TMP27 May 2023 2:22 p.m. PST

Ha!Ha!…


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