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the scaffolding you build before bone, then keep where flexibility beats strength

no bloodLacks vessels, so it heals painfully slowly
shark skeletonSharks are built entirely from it, no bone
fetal firstYou were once a cartilage skeleton, later replaced
endless earsNose and ears keep growing it lifelong
frictionlessJoint cartilage is slicker than wet ice
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