[Sca-cooks] RESEND: Furry Lobster

[Phil Troy / G. Tacitus Adamantius]

On Mar 26, 2006, at 3:21 AM, Stefan li Rous wrote:

> Maire commented:
> > I betcha Olwen could make a good one out of marzipan....
>
> I dunno. That "hair" looks rather difficult to do in marzipan.
>
> Anyone know if that is really hair? I thought only mammals had hair.
>
> Stefan

I believe that while hair features as one of the necessary criteria  
for mammalhood/mammaldom, we've pretty well established that other  
critters can, or did, have some form of hair, even if it is  
structurally different in re roots, follicles, etc. (And even when  
it's not, as in the case of certain dinosaurs and early birds.)  I'm  
guessing this is more like bug hairs, which seem to extend directly  
from the shell -- I had mentioned previously the slightly "furry"  
sections of a crab shell, for instance -- these hairs don't come out  
when you boil the crab, but then they'd have to be attached  
differently, since the crab has no skin, per se...

Adamantius




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