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Fur is grown in follicles on the skins of fur-bearing animals. Silk is exuded from the bodies of silk worm through a single production opening. Comparatively, fur is short while some silk cocoon stands are more than 3,000 metres in length. Fur is a round fibre; silk is triangular.

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