Animal Hair Slides

Animal Hair SlidesFall 2011Panda BearPanda hair closely resembles polar bear hair and black bear hair (the white and black) Very thick and very coarseMedulla absent in white, continuous in black Cortex very large Cuticle overlapping Bamboo does not offer enough nutrition to hibernate so the giant panda must go south for the winter Zoos give birthday cakes made of ice and vegetables with bamboo candles to pandas http://www.sandiegozoo.org/animalbytes/sounds/panda.mp3

Tiger

CuticleCortexMedullaCuticle:Petal-like scalesThin Cortex:Orange in colorMedulla:ContinuousThickInteresting Fact:A tigers stripes are like fingerprints no two are alikeTigers can leap 10 yards and jump 15 feet highTiger Growlhttp://www.junglewalk.com/popup.asp?type=a&AnimalAudioID=326

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ChinchillasClaudia DrinnanChinchillas can jump up to five feet above their head.Each chinchilla has about 20,000 hairs per square centimeter.Cuticle-shingles, very smoothCortex-typically gray or beigeMedulla-fragmented pattern

http://www.cheekychinchillas.com/chinsounds.html MedullaPartial on right sideLong, thinFragmentedOval shape

WOMBATBy: Alex Sicilia

MedullaCuticleCortexFlattened/Crown-likehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLvH2g3UzfE&feature=relatedCortexMedium sizeColor unknownShape: tiny little lines and dotsCuticleThin, white outer edge.

Interesting FactsWombats are very shy animals.Farmers consider wombats pests because they damage crops and fences, and cattle may break their legs by stepping in wombat burrows.

Moose

Hair of AnimalCuticle: Imbricate or flattened scales, white, very thin.Cortex: Dark gray to black coloring, thin.Medulla: Continuous, grey color, very thick.

MedullaCortexCuticleInteresting Facts: 1.) One of the biggest racks of antlers ever found was 81 inches across and 77 pounds.2.) A bull moose looses his antlers each and every year!3.) Moose have hollow hair which helps them to float.

Exterior of Hair

Bryan FinkCowMedulla: is very thick and continuous Cuticle: crown-like scalesCortex: thickAn average dairy cow weighs 1,400 poundsCows only have bottom teeth

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Taylor Gallagher Zebra Every zebra has unique stripes, just like human fingerprintsZebras cannot be tamed like horses because of their unpredictable, wild natureCuticle- imbricate/ flattened scales Cortex- dark and thick; making up mostly all of hair. Cortex varies from light to dark due to if the hair is black or white. Medulla- absent medulla

http://www.wildsanctuary.com/java/applets/LivingLinks/audio/zeb.wav By: Emily Casey

CortexCuticleDeer Hair Fiber AnalysisBen Moller

Cuticle, particularly thick compared to other rodents or animals Medulla, is continuous throughout the entire fiber. Cortex, used to determine pigment, which in this case is brown

Scale Pattern: Spinus or petal-like scales protruding off from the shafts on the hair fibers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XaPhVcLdz4M&feature=relatedRoughly 1.5 million cars collide with dear annuallyAirplanes in America collide with roughly two dear annually

KoalaCuticleSpinus/Petal-like Scale Pattern CortexLight Brown colorMedullaDark BrownContinuous LineInteresting Fact: Koalas arent bears, theyre marsupialsKoalas dont drink water. They get all their water from Eucalyptus leavesNoise they make: https://www.savethekoala.com/sounds/koalagrunt.wav

CuticleCortexMedulla

Daria CapaldiHorse

CortexMedullaCuticleThe medulla is fragmentedHas a thick cuticle

Hair has an imbricate scale pattern

A horses heart weighs nine poundsThe horse is a herbivorous mammal Joe BisciottiRed Fox Jennifer Carr

Cuticle- CrownCortex- SmallMedulla- InterruptedCan live in most of the lower and middle Northern Hemisphere Red foxs can adapt to any environment, including; forests, farms, grassland, deserts, mountains, suburbs, and cities

Hear the scream of the red fox

Balance a ball utilizing their whiskers and not their nose.Sometimes sea lions sniff poop to see if that poop is their baby.

Sea LionCuticleCortexThe cuticle is thick on one side and thinneron the other. Also, the cortex is a greyish color.There is no medulla present in this hair sample.The scale pattern on the hair is flat.http://www.abdn.ac.uk/~nhi708/classify/animalia/chordata/mammalia/pinnipedia/sealion.wav

SKUNK

CortexCuticleMedullaMedullaFragmentedThickCuticleThinSpinusCortexThickInteresting factsIts scientific name (mephitis mephitis) actually means "noxious gas, noxious gas".Skunks can accurately spray the foul smelling fluid up to ten feet.

Sarah Strauss

SkunkAlex Reading

CuticleCortexCuticleWhite, thin outer part of the hairCortexLarge, grey inner part of the hair between the Cuticle and the MedullaMedullaUnseen in this picture

The skunks scientific name is mephitis mephitis, which actually means "noxious gas, noxious gas.Before a skunk sprays it goes through a series of warning motionsMedulla

SNOW LEOPARDSnow Leopards main causes of death is hunting, but avalanches are also a cause of these deaths Their tails can be almost as long as their bodyThey have thick, smoky-gray fur patterned with dark gray open rosettes. In the mountains they blend perfectly with the rocky slopes

http://animals.nationalgeographic.com/animals/mammals/snow-leopard/ MEDULA:InterruptedCUTICLE:Thick, for protection CORTEXCROWNMonkeyAnnemarie Perilli

CuticleCortexMedullaCuticle Cortex is thickMedulla is thin and continuousMonkeys use vocalizations, facial expressions, and body movements to communicateA monkey was once convicted and tried for having smoked in Indiana

Squirrel

MedullaCortexCuticleScale pattern is imbricate, crenateMany squirrels use their tails as a form of complex communicationTheir teeth never stop growingGnawing helps the teeth not grow into their neck

Sara ThurberPolar Bear

CuticleCortexmedullaCuticle: is imbricatedMedulla: Thick Fragmented Medulla which provides insulation for the Bear, and also scatters the light so that even when the bear is wet the fur still appears white.

http://www.partnersinrhyme.com/soundfx/bear_sounds/bear_grizzlybear_wav.shtmlFacts:Each hair shaft is transparent and pigment free with a hollow core Polar bears have black skin under their furnull9795.92