# Fur? Hair? What's the difference?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-hair-whats-the-difference/694986>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [August 6, 2014, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-hair-whats-the-difference/694986 "2014-08-06T23:01:40Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-hair-whats-the-difference/694986/21 "2014-08-07T20:10:13Z")

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Five minute rule:  
Sometimes, it is not called either, such as bear-skin or sheep-skin, with with fur attached.

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**Author:** ![jayrey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/47e85d/32.png) [@jayrey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayrey)\
**Post date:** [August 7, 2014, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fur-hair-whats-the-difference/694986/22 "2014-08-07T20:48:32Z")

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I think Uncle Cecil should weigh in here, don’t you?

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