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<p>[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10770711, member: 79705"]Thank you! <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie79" alt=":shame:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>The <a href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scute" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scute" rel="nofollow">scutes</a> are made if keratin and grow like nails or horns so should have patterning. Next time I'm around a full hawksbill shell (which has weirdly happened twice in the last few months...) I'll have to get a closer look. <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie92" alt=":turtle:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> It's also possible it is made or altered by the heat and pressing process that is used when they're made into objects.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="mirana, post: 10770711, member: 79705"]Thank you! :shame: The [URL='https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scute']scutes[/URL] are made if keratin and grow like nails or horns so should have patterning. Next time I'm around a full hawksbill shell (which has weirdly happened twice in the last few months...) I'll have to get a closer look. :turtle: It's also possible it is made or altered by the heat and pressing process that is used when they're made into objects.[/QUOTE]
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