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ALRIGHT LET ADMIT IT WE DON'T HAVE VERY TOUGH SKIN (POKE) OUCH!
BUT SOME OTHER ANIMALS DO!
INTRO
SKIN! IT ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE BODY BECAUSE IT PROTECTS AND HOLDS THE
OTHER PARTS OF THE BODY! DUH! SOME ANIMALS OUT THERE HAVE AWESOME SKIN!
LIKE THE CROCODILE (ACCENT) OTHER THAN ITS SKIN BEING SUPER TOUGH DID YOU KNOW THAT ITS
ALSO SUPER SENSITIVE?! IN FACT THE SKIN OF THEIR HEAD IS KNOWN
TO HAVE SOME OF THE STRONGEST TOUCH SENSORS IN THE WHOLE ANIMAL KINGDOM! EVEN MORE
SENSITIVE THAN THE HUMAN FINGERTIP! THE *** WHALE HAS THE LARGEST TEETH AND
BRAIN OF ANY ANIMAL AND SEEMS TO HAVE THE THICKEST SKIN WHICH CAN GET UP TO 14 INCHES
THICK! THATS MORE THAN A FOOT OF SKIN! THEY’RE GOING TO NEED THAT SKIN WHEN TAKING
ON A COLOSSAL SQUID’S GIANT RAZOR SHARP TENTACLES. GOOD LUCK MOBY ***!
NOW GUYS ANIMAL SKIN IS SO AMAZEBALLS THAT MECHANICAL ENGINEERS ARE TRYING TO
RECREATE IT! THATS RIGHT THE NATURAL FLEXIBLE ARMOR FOUND
ON ANIMALS LIKE THE ARMADILLO IS MADE UP OF A BUNCH OF TOUGH PLATES THAT
PROTECT THE SOFTER SKIN UNDERNEATH. ENGINEERS CUT GLASS PLATES INTO HEXAGONAL
PIECES THEN ATTACHED THEM TO SOFT RUBBER.
THEY COMPARED IT TO NON CUT GLASS BY POKING IT WITH A SHARP STEEL NEEDLE TO TRY AND PUNCTURE
IT. THEY DISCOVERED THE PUNCTURE RESISTANCE INCREASED 70 PERCENT WITH THE CUT SEGMENTED
GLASS COMPARED TO THE NON CUT GLASS. SO THIS MEANS NOT ONLY WAS THE ARMOR MADE
IN THE DESIGN OF AN ARMADILLOS SKIN STRONGER! IT WAS ALSO FLEXIBLE!
THIS DISCOVERY COULD HELP IMPROVE PROTECTION IN OUR EVERYDAY LIFE WITH THINGS LIKE OUR
ELECTRONICS, COATINGS, AND PERSONAL ARMOR! AND TO THINK IT ALL CAME FROM THE ANIMALS!