Only my hairless scalp reminded me of my condition.
We humans, tiny, little, hairless idiots that we are, all have our phones ready for the moment the mighty beast finally turns round.
This lack of hair has been attributed to everything from a putative aquatic period in the species's past to the advantages of displaying a healthy skin to members of the opposite sex.Less attention has been paid, though, to the fact that humans are not really hairless at all.
Meissner's corpuscles, the principal receptors for touch in hairless skin, are best developed in apes and humans, but they can be found in all primates.
Rhinoceroses are massive creatures with a thick and nearly hairless hide, excepting the hairy Sumatran rhinoceros, and three digits on each foot.
The skin is 5 cm (2 inches) thick on the flanks but thinner elsewhere and nearly hairless.
Except for the naked, or hairless, bat (Cheiromeles torquatus), which is almost hairless, they have short, velvety, usually dark fur.
Hearing and smell, however, are acute; the ears are conspicuous, and the tapered, mobile muzzle ends in a moist, hairless nose.
Mexican hairless, also called Xoloitzcuintli, breed of dog that is probably descended from hairless Chinese or African dogs that were taken by Spanish traders to Mexico in the late 16th century.
Only humans have rich populations of sebaceous glands on the hairless surfaces of the lips; these glands increase in number and size as persons mature.
The forefeet have four digits, the hind feet five, and the hairless soles are padded and covered with tiny tubercles that provide traction on bark or rocks.
