Why is rapunzels hair magic

If so, Disney is letting you live vicariously through Rapunzel from Tangled in her new television show on The Disney Channel. The lost princess was blessed with magical blonde hair that could cure any ailment — even old age — as long as it was never cut. Should scissors touch the 70 foot long golden locks, they would revert to a mousey brown and lose their power.

In fact, Rapunzel is the only Disney Princess I can think of who ends her journey looking superficially different than at the beginning. And based on her merchandise , Disney was partial to her long, blonde locks. We delete comments that violate our policy , which we encourage you to read. Discussion threads can be closed at any time at our discretion. Rapunzel's hair grows back, with attitude, in 'Tangled' sequel Hair today, gone tomorrow: The Disney Channel movie gives the princess back her long locks, and she's not happy about it.

Gael Fashingbauer Cooper. Discuss: Rapunzel's hair grows back, with attitude, in 'Tangled' sequel. The tensile strength of a single human hair, while impressive, could hold only about one-tenth of a percent of that weight.

Luckily, the average head has about , hairs and their combined strength is more than enough to carry the weight of a person. For proof, we need only to look at circus acts for proof. According to Bim, it took months for her to train herself to be able to support her own weight with only her hair.

The feat is impressive, if a little terrifying, and shows the impressive strength of human hair. The real marker here is the ability of the scalp to endure the pressure. Humans' hair growth appears seemingly unique in the animal kingdom.

Hair, in and of itself, is not special. Mammals of all stripes have hair, more commonly called fur for the non-humans, but it acts in essentially the same ways. Looking even at different breeds of the same animals, like cats or dogs, we see that some of them have fur that remains eternally short, while others have something akin to our flowing, luscious locks.

There are a number of hypotheses about why we lost most of our fur during the evolutionary process. Another idea is that endurance hunting during the heat of the day, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa, necessitated a greater ability to sweat, which is better facilitated by having less hair. We need direct contact with sunlight in order to produce vitamin D. Hair atop the head helps prevent that. Or it may be an artifact.