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What’s got the Most Texas longhorns Tufted deer have among the Moose have the world’s heaviest antlers,

FAST FACTS
have horns that curve
straight up – however,
Poncho Via’s are
biggest horns? a curious exception. smallest antlers, at 2.5 cm weighing up to 36 kg (79 lb) – as heavy as
While horns found
160 children’s bicycle helmets.
(1 in) – as long as a paperclip.
in cows, sheep,
goats, and antelope
are permanent
antler
structures, antlers White 160 helmets weighing
223 g (8 oz) each
grow seasonally.
Antlers, which deer
have, fall off and are
replaced each year.

The average arm span
of an adult male is
1.8 m (5 ft 10 in).
This farm animal’s exceptionally
long horns are purely for display.
Horned wild animals, however,
use their horns as a weapon in
fights for territory and mates.

Horns are made
of bone and keratin,
which is the same
substance that makes HORNED REPTILE
hair and fingernails.

Poncho Via’s
horns are twice
the length
of a man’s
outstretched Scaly horns extend above the eyes of
arms. Africa’s horned viper. They work as a
pair of shields, protecting this desert
snake’s eyes against scratchy sand.

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