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[QUOTE="phinds, post: 5306983, member: 310841"] Today I learned why we get goosebumps. I always took it literally and assumed it was because a goose's hair will fluff up when it's cold, but It's actually because we evolved from animals with fur and when you have fur getting cold is somewhat alleviated by causing your hair to fluff up. We make the same motion (goosebumps) we just don't have any fur to stand up. Same reason as geese really but not the right derivation. Also fright seems to cause hair to stand up on some animals necks so we sometimes get them on our necks when we see something frightening. [/QUOTE]
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