Sentence examples for coating of fur from inspiring English sources

The adoption of a predatory lifestyle and the loss of the thick coating of fur that separates Homo sapiens from our primate relatives must have produced heavy selection pressure, favoring a highly primed innate immune system because frequent injuries to our thin integument would inevitably occur.

If it has a bill and webbed feet like a duck, lays eggs like a bird or a reptile but also produces milk and has a coat of fur like a mammal, what could the genetics of the duck-billed platypus possibly be like?

Among those praising the book are two of Mr. Pekearo's own literary heroes: Andrew Vachss, who calls the book a "brilliant, insightful, overpowering debut," and Joe R. Lansdale, who says the novel gives the werewolf motif a "a fresh coat of fur and new sheen on its very sharp teeth".

Among those praising the book are two of Mr. Pekearo's literary heroes: Andrew Vachss, who calls the book a "brilliant, insightful, overpowering debut," and Joe R. Lansdale, who says the novel gives the werewolf motif a "a fresh coat of fur and new sheen on its very sharp teeth".

The yak has two thick coats of fur that help it survive the cold.

A dog living outdoors in a cold environment does not evolve a heavy coat of fur and become a bear.

Mice with a mutation in the gene start life with a full coat of fur but never grow it back once it falls out.

Polar animals are either covered in winter coats of fur – which traps warm air close to the body – or else large quantities of fat, sometimes inches thick.

The young weigh about 1lb (450g) at birth, are born with a full coat of fur, their eyes open and the ability to swim.

The young are usually have a full coat of fur after seven days of development.

The river otter is protected and insulated by a thick, water-repellent coat of fur.