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Skin

Skin is the outside covering of animals. The skin of different kinds of animals is very different. Many kinds of animals have hair or fur on their skin. Birds have feathers on their skin. Fish and reptiles like snakes and lizards have scales on their skin.

The skin of human beings (people) usually has very small hairs on it that are hard to see. Some people have more hair, or hair that is easier to see, and some have less. People have hair that is longer and easier to see on some parts of their bodies, such as the tops of their heads and men's beards.

Some people make the skin of some animals into leather. Leather is sometimes used to make shoes, bags, and balls.

We can also say that the covering of some other things that is like the skin of animals is a skin. We often say that fruits such as apples and bananas and vegetables such as potatoes have skins.

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