https://twitter.com/thehill/status/1433220650169159683

  • FidelCashflow [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    Scales are a seperate layer than their skin. I can't really explain it well. But the scales are extra armor for their particular environment. I dunno enough veteranary medicine to know what those kinda sales correlate with but I figure it'd be

    • Alex_Jones [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      They're made with keratin like our hair and nails. I think the roughness or smoothness is part genetic and part environmental. Plus they come out smoother after shedding their skin.