About Keratin
Keratin is one of a family of fibrous structural proteins known as scleroproteins. α-Keratin is a type of keratin found in vertebrates. It is the key structural material making up hair, nails, feathers, horns, claws, hooves, calluses, and the outer layer of skin among vertebrates.
One of world's last northern white rhinos retired from breeding scheme
... GettyWhite rhinosMade of two subspecies: Northern white rhinos and southern white rhinosNicknamed: “Square-lipped rhinos” Northern: Population two, under armed guard in KenyaSouthern: Estimated population 20,000, mostly in southern AfricaDifferences: Northern are slightly smaller and less hairy than southernPoachers: Target them for their horns to smuggle to Asia for remediesRhino horns: Made of Keratin - the same substance as fingernailsVarious sources...
The Northern white rhinos: The bold plan that could save a kind of
... Getty white rhinosconsists Of two subspecies: the Northern white rhinos and southern white rhinosnickname: Square-lipped rhinos North: the population in two, under armed guard in KenyaSouthern: Estimated population of 20,000, mostly in southern Africa,differences: The North are slightly smaller and less hairy than the southernpoachers: aim for their horns to smuggle to Asia for a cureRhino horns made Of Keratin, created of the same substance as finger nailsVarious sourcesSo Dr...
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