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Recent Examples of pelageHowever, multiple studies over the past 50 years have highlighted the distinctions between different types of giraffe based on their pelage patterns, cranial and postcranial morphology, genetics, ecology, and behavior.—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 However, multiple studies over the past 50 years have highlighted the distinctions between different types of giraffe based on their pelage patterns, cranial and postcranial morphology, genetics, ecology, and behavior.—Grrlscientist, Forbes, 9 Jan. 2025 Most are taken in spring and fall when their pelage is out of sync with the current weather pattern.—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 12 Feb. 2023 Some exhibit a pale gray pelage similar to western coyotes, but others are blond, red, and even black.—Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2021 Some exhibit a pale gray pelage similar to western coyotes, but others are blond, red, and even black.—Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2021 Some exhibit a pale gray pelage similar to western coyotes, but others are blond, red, and even black.—Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2021 Some exhibit a pale gray pelage similar to western coyotes, but others are blond, red, and even black.—Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2021 Some exhibit a pale gray pelage similar to western coyotes, but others are blond, red, and even black.—Popular Science, 12 Mar. 2021
The last time anyone saw the Franklin expedition was when Inuit hunters encountered starving sailors dragging a lifeboat across the ice in Washington Bay, clad in wool rather than furs.
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Alec Luhn,
Scientific American,
20 May 2025
The pallium, a liturgical vestment made of wool from lambs raised by Trappist monks, symbolizes the pope’s role as the shepherd of the faithful; the pope’s pallium is worn on the shoulders, fastened with three pins resembling the nails of the cross, according to the National Catholic Reporter.
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Angie Leventis Lourgos,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2025
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