define the following animal fibers
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The fibre derived from animals are known as animal fibrers.
For examples -wool, Alpaca, silk.
Animal fibre all natural fibre that consists of largely of certain proteins..... examples include silk, hair and feathers ..The animal fibre are used most commonly both in the manufacturing world as well as by the hand spiners as wool. from domestic sheep and silk..... Also very popular are alpaca fibre and mohair from angora ghoast..... unusual fivre such as angora wool from rabbit and cheingora from dog also exit but are rearly used for mass production...
Not all the animal fibre have the same properties and even with in a species the fibre is not consistent...Merino is very soft,fine ,woolwhile coastwold is the coarser and yeth both merino and are type of sheep.The comparision can be continued micrescopic level....comparing the diameter and structure of the fibre..