What Are Some Of The Differences Between Horns and Antlers?
• Horns are made of a bony core that is attached to, and is a permanent part of, the animals skull. • Antlers grow from the animals skull, too, but instead of being permanent antlers are shed and re-grown, usually in an annual cycle. • Horns are made of keratin (the same substance that is found in reptile scales, claws, hooves, and human hair and fingernails) that covers a bony core. • Antlers are made entirely of bone. • Horns are usually found in both the male and the female of the species, and they can be straight, curved, or even twisty. Most horns have only one point, and rarely branch out. • Antlers are usually (though not always) found only in the male of the species, and typically branch out.
