Static electricity causes mats to form by:

Static electricity causes mats to form by:

• A. Making hair grow faster
• B. Polishing hair fibers
• C. Making hair rub against one another and tangle
• D. Completely drying the coat

Answer: (C)

Static electricity in a coat builds up when hair fibers rub against each other, causing electrons to move and charges to develop on the hairs. Those charges make the hairs attract and cling to one another, so the fibers twist and tangle into mats. This is more likely in dry coats, where moisture isn’t helping dissipate the charge. So mats form primarily from the friction of hair rubbing together and then sticking, not from hair growth, polishing, or drying the coat. Keeping the coat moisturized and reducing friction during brushing helps prevent this.

Static electricity in a coat builds up when hair fibers rub against each other, causing electrons to move and charges to develop on the hairs. Those charges make the hairs attract and cling to one another, so the fibers twist and tangle into mats. This is more likely in dry coats, where moisture isn’t helping dissipate the charge. So mats form primarily from the friction of hair rubbing together and then sticking, not from hair growth, polishing, or drying the coat. Keeping the coat moisturized and reducing friction during brushing helps prevent this.