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its either its nose, ear, mouth, hand or somthing like that

2006-07-21 06:11:02 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics Zoology

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If you mean to say that it's not really a horn because it does not have a bony core, you're right.
Rhino horns are made of keratin, a protein that is produced by the epidermis (outer skin layer), and which also forms the hair, nails, claws and hooves, and not by bone (quite a different material, produced in the dermis).
The horn (or horns, in the species that have 2 horns arranged in the head midline) rests upon the nasal bones that form a "shelf" in the skull.
This is what the skull looks like:
http://www.zoobooks.com/newFrontPage/animals/virtualZoo/animals/r/rhinos/images/horn.gif

2006-07-21 14:11:06 · answer #1 · answered by Calimecita 7 · 3 0

That should be "rhino", "really" and "something".
Compacted hair, which is not really a body part, but a secretion. It is really a horn but it differs from antelope/bovid horns in that it doesn't have a central core of bone surrounded by solid keratin.

2006-07-21 06:27:39 · answer #2 · answered by Vango 5 · 0 0

Made from protien, much like your hair and finger nails. If your protien built up in the way theirs did, youd have a horn too!

2006-07-21 09:29:22 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

Yes, the rhinos horn is made of hair.

2006-07-21 10:08:20 · answer #4 · answered by Elephas Maximus 3 · 0 0

lets see,
i've always known the rhino's horn to be a hair protein complex called keratin, if dat's it then there's ur answer.
cya then
dee

2006-07-21 09:04:58 · answer #5 · answered by dee173 2 · 0 0

rhino horn is made of keratin, a protein that hair, nails, and skin are made of

2006-07-21 06:19:24 · answer #6 · answered by xymeline 3 · 0 0

The protein keratin which also composes nails and hair.

2006-07-21 07:50:49 · answer #7 · answered by kano7_1985 4 · 0 0

its made up of the same material as its nail and hair

2006-07-21 07:58:24 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

It is Keratin, basically hair.

2006-07-21 06:20:22 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0 0

hair

2006-07-21 06:13:51 · answer #10 · answered by BigRichGuy 6 · 0 0

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