Everything about goosebumps is strange.

There’s the name.

Goosebumps sure are resourceful growing hair when we don’t have a sweater handy!

goosebumps when cold

But why do we get these things in the first place?

It’s your body’s way of saying, “Whoa, look out!”

when it perceives a threat.

goosebumps from music

all of our typical threat-response behaviors," Culver toldDiscover.