# Horse hooves, et al.

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [April 19, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720 "2000-04-19T21:56:00Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 7\
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**Author:** ![Turpentine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecd19e/32.png) [@Turpentine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Turpentine)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 9:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720/1 "2000-04-19T21:56:00Z")

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Whatis the name of that stuff that fingernails and bull’s horns and whale baleen is made of?  
I think it starts with a C.

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**Author:** ![redtail23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/3e96dc/32.png) [@redtail23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/redtail23)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 10:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720/2 "2000-04-19T22:05:00Z")

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Do you mean **keratin**?

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**Author:** ![pluto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f08c70/32.png) [@pluto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pluto)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 10:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720/3 "2000-04-19T22:07:00Z")

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Insect exoskeletons are made from **chitin** , FWIW.

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**Author:** ![DrFidelius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drfidelius/32/3447_2.png) [@DrFidelius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrFidelius)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720/4 "2000-04-19T23:29:00Z")

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Jello.

Oh, sorry. That’s what is made _from_ hooves, horns, etc…

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**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/original/2X/e/e489c3b7d8fce19c4b355dd4fc3f88cc39c34b87.png) [@system](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2000, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720/5 "2000-04-19T23:50:00Z")

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9 minutes flat–so, what did **Redtail** win?

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**Author:** ![coosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@coosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/coosa)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720/6 "2000-04-20T00:48:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Notthemama:  
> \*\*9 minutes flat–so, what did **Redtail** win?
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## The admiration and envy of the Teeming Millions? 🙂

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**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\
**Post date:** [April 20, 2000, 7:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/horse-hooves-et-al/10720/7 "2000-04-20T07:43:00Z")

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> Originally posted by Notthemama:  
> 9 minutes flat–so, what did **Redtail** win?

An alarm clock with a snooze button…

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