# Baldness, Human and Otherwise

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldness-human-and-otherwise/2812>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 25, 1999, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldness-human-and-otherwise/2812 "1999-08-25T11:44:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldness-human-and-otherwise/2812/1 "1999-08-25T11:44:00Z")

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    - What animals besides humans exhibit pattern baldness? I have seen old cats that have light hair on their heads, mostly on their temples where they tend to rub stuff, but I dunno if that’s the same thing. - MC

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**Author:** ![TheNerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/858c86/32.png) [@TheNerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TheNerd)\
**Post date:** [August 25, 1999, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/baldness-human-and-otherwise/2812/2 "1999-08-25T15:08:00Z")

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Tarantulas. But just because they flick their legs against the abdomen to eject hairs when they are threatened.

I’ve seen cats with thinning hair too.