Horn (anatomy)
Horns are part of the body of some animals. They grow on the animal's head. They are projections (things that stick out) made of hard skin. The horn has a lot of keratin in it, the same protein that is in human hair and nails.
Normally horned animals will have two horns, but the rhinoceros has just one horn in the middle of its head.
Animals often use their horns for fighting one another.
Thousands of years ago people used the horns of dead animals for musical instruments (see horn (postal horn)). In later times, they were used for carrying gunpowder.
Horn (anatomy) Media
A pair of horns on a male impala
Anatomy of an animal's horn
Goat skull. Capra aegagrus hircus*Specimen of goat skull prepared by the bone maceration technique and on display at the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP.*This file was published as the result of a partnership between the Museum of Veterinary Anatomy FMVZ USP, the RIDC NeuroMat and the Wikimedia Community User Group Brasil. This GLAM project is reported.*Photography:
Water buffalo horn used as a hammer with cleaver to cut fish in southeast China
A Hebridean sheep with one horn on one side and two on the other
Water buffalo horn (Bubalus bubalis)
Elizabeth Bonté Art Nouveau horn necklace
Sable antelope mounted horns, at the Zoological Museum, Denmark
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Related pages
- Antlers, structures similar to horns