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Dolphin Hair
10/13/2003
name Mark D.
status educator
age 30s
Question - I am told that all mammals have hair or fur of some sort. Where is hair found on
dolphins?
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"Hair... may be greatly reduced in the Cetacea, where it is found as a few scattered bristles
about the lips or often present only in the young." W. J. Hamilton, American Mammals.
J. Elliott
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