Hair Vibrissae

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Vibrissae are hairs specialized for tactile sensation, which grow around the nostrils or other parts of the face in many mammals, e.g. whiskers in cats and mice. A large part of the brain of some mammals is devoted to processing nerve impulses from vibrissae. Humans do not have them. What about great apes?

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Lanugo Hair

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