Fur and Hair

What’s the difference between hair and fur?

———- from Wendy Gronbeck of Windham IA

When fur is wet, it stinks. Hair keeps growing even when it’s thinning. Fur just falls out in clumps, leaving a mangy patch. Human hair can be harvested and turned into expensive wigs. Most fur that is harvested ends up as an unidentified filler in cheap furniture. Both hair and fur have their imitators. The best of these is the miracle fiber “Dynel”, which can be spun to resemble human hair, crocodile scales, prosthetic limbs and that ultra-flexible garden hose. Years ago, I have all my hair removed and replaced iwth a continous filament of Dynel. Never needs to be washed or cut and wipes clean with a damp sponge.