I mean, it's not like geese get all that bumpy, right?
2007-03-26 05:26:43 · 4 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
When you pluck the feather off a goose (or chicken for that matter) the skin looks somewhat simmilar to what we call goose bumps. Goose bumps can occur only in mammals, since other animals do not have hair. The term "goose bumps" is therefore misleading: the bumps on the skin of a plucked goose technically do not qualify as piloerection. Birds do however have a similar reflex of raising their feathers in order to keep warm.
2007-03-26 05:47:30 · answer #1 · answered by Doc E 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Goose bumps on your skin have the same texture as plucked goose flesh(and plucked chicken skin as well)
2007-03-26 12:31:41 · answer #2 · answered by ryee40007 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
after a goose had been plucked the spaces where the feathers previously resigned has a similar appearance to what you we call goose bumps/pimples
2007-03-26 12:31:11 · answer #3 · answered by 000000000 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
on their hinds they do
2007-03-26 12:29:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋