caitmlo
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I know this may be a little random since we are talking about NG right now. But seeing how I haven't really been posting, just reading, going to give me two cents.
About the hair in the trunk. I'm really confused how they can tell it was from a dead person. From my understanding and in school I was taught that all hair is dead. So if someone were to pick a hair off my head, they would probably think that I was dead.. doesn't make any sense to conclude that one is dead based off this unless I'm totally missing something here.
copied from yahoo answers
Yes, hair is dead. To be specific, hair consists 90% of a biological polymer, α-keratin, and about 10% water, which modifies its mechanical properties. This α-helically coiled protein is further wound into supermolecular coiled-coil microfibrils, many of which are held together with a protein glue to form long macrofibrils, which are packed inside dead hair cells about 100 µm long by 3 µm across. Several of these associate to form one strand of hair, which is covered with tiny surface scales.
By the time your hair emerges from under the skin it is dead. You will see many shampoos and conditioners that contain vitamins and minerals; these vitamins and minerals do absolutely nothing for the hair or scalp. Since hair is dead, it can't be helped by any additional vitamins and minerals. And these substances are not absorbed through the skin; they have to be ingested to be of any use to your body.
Also, they haven't said for fact that the "body" in the trunk was Caylee's correct? People are just assuming.... have they even confirmed that there was a body in the trunk? By they I mean forensics.
I don't know I guess I could be horribly wrong but I do have feelings about people when they are 'gone' and I really think that Caylee is still amongst the living.
About the hair in the trunk. I'm really confused how they can tell it was from a dead person. From my understanding and in school I was taught that all hair is dead. So if someone were to pick a hair off my head, they would probably think that I was dead.. doesn't make any sense to conclude that one is dead based off this unless I'm totally missing something here.
copied from yahoo answers
Yes, hair is dead. To be specific, hair consists 90% of a biological polymer, α-keratin, and about 10% water, which modifies its mechanical properties. This α-helically coiled protein is further wound into supermolecular coiled-coil microfibrils, many of which are held together with a protein glue to form long macrofibrils, which are packed inside dead hair cells about 100 µm long by 3 µm across. Several of these associate to form one strand of hair, which is covered with tiny surface scales.
By the time your hair emerges from under the skin it is dead. You will see many shampoos and conditioners that contain vitamins and minerals; these vitamins and minerals do absolutely nothing for the hair or scalp. Since hair is dead, it can't be helped by any additional vitamins and minerals. And these substances are not absorbed through the skin; they have to be ingested to be of any use to your body.
Also, they haven't said for fact that the "body" in the trunk was Caylee's correct? People are just assuming.... have they even confirmed that there was a body in the trunk? By they I mean forensics.
I don't know I guess I could be horribly wrong but I do have feelings about people when they are 'gone' and I really think that Caylee is still amongst the living.
