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Message board > Correct or Incorrect?
Correct or Incorrect?
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Mar0919
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Correct or Incorrect?
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Hi, everybody! I have a doubt! I �ll be working on animal body parts next week, and I don �t know if it �s correct to say "skin" for animals. I usually teach "fur" but, for example with animals that don �t have "fur".... I kind of associate fur with "hairy" LOL!!! example: bears, etc. but for seals, or animals that are not "hairy".... can I say skin? or does it have to be "fur"?
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5 Dec 2010
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Pretty3
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Yes, we can use skin for animals like fish , snakes , whales...etc. |
5 Dec 2010
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yanogator
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Fur is the "hair" of an animal. Skin is different, as our skin is different from our hair. So, you �re right that we only talk about fur on "hairy" animals.
Also, when the skin is off of the animal, it is called a "pelt".
Bruce |
5 Dec 2010
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Mar0919
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Thank you, Pretty and Bruce, for your responses! I learned something new today Bruce! thanks, didn �t know about "pelt"!
Have a nice weekend, or what �s left of it!!!
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5 Dec 2010
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ezeca
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HI. Just in case you need extra practice on that topic for your students, on unit 4 of What �s up? 1 Longman, that theme is developed. If you don �t have the book at hand, just let me know and I �ll send some scanned pages to you. Have a good day. Elisabet. |
6 Dec 2010
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