i mean come on they still gonna get just as wet!!
2006-12-06 03:58:09 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Weather
I hold my breath when its real cold as i run to my car lol I have no idea why I do this but I do it all the time...lol
2006-12-06 04:06:10 · answer #1 · answered by $D*Da*Spoild*1$ 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They only hunch up when the rain is cold. By hunching, the muscles are tensed, and so the person does not feel as cold. The surface area of exposed skin is also reduced and so the cold does not feel as bad.
In warm countries, we generally do not hunch up in the rain.
2006-12-06 21:34:39 · answer #2 · answered by Kemmy 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It was not that long ago that rich republicans had hair all over their bodies and walked naked through the woods on the way to Starbucks. If it was raining, the idea was to get the rain to roll off your body and not soak in or get caught and remain. Some even greased their bodies to give them a slippery surface to assist the water to the ground.
We have in some ways not changed much and for good reason, we still want the water to roll off our backs and heads and to get to Starbucks before the wolfs wake up.
2006-12-06 12:05:18 · answer #3 · answered by zclifton2 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's an automatic responce to try to keep the rain from running down the neck, and to hunch is the bodies built in way to conserving body heat to pull in onto it's self
2006-12-06 12:00:50 · answer #4 · answered by LORI W 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably because its more to do with a decrease in temperature when it rains so its colder. A natural reaction to being cold is to hunch up to keep warm..
2006-12-06 20:01:59 · answer #5 · answered by Matthew B 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Conditioned reflex caused by an unpleasant sensation: wet, cold and clammy! I suppose it's a child-reflex, trying to make yourself smaller. Many people do the same in very cold weather but I suppose that's to conserve heat. Which makes sense, if you stand with your arms outstretched--for example--your body loses heat faster than it does if you huddle up.
2006-12-06 12:07:02 · answer #6 · answered by anna 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water makes us cold. Hunching reduces total exposed surface area, so less skin is exposed to give off as much heat.
2006-12-06 12:02:40 · answer #7 · answered by lickintonight 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They're flinching away from the drops of water and allowing the rain minimum access to bare skin - neck, back etc.
2006-12-06 12:01:20 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I belive it to keeps them from getting rain water down their shirts. It can be to cover thier necks from the rain, keeps you somewhat warm.
2006-12-06 13:10:47 · answer #9 · answered by Livier A 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Natural reaction in trying to make yourself smaller, the same as curling into a ball when frightened or being attacked.
2006-12-06 12:00:17 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋