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Why Do I Get Goosebumps When I'm Cold or Scared? for Kids
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Episode Why Do I Get Goosebumps When I'm Cold or Scared? for Kids
Ages 5–10 | Goosebumps happen when tiny muscles at the bottom of your hairs squeeze and make the hairs stand up.
You climb out of the pool and little bumps appear on your arms.
Then a scary sound in a film makes them come back.
Why do cold and fear give you the same goosebumps?
Look closely: the tiny hairs are standing up too.
Something beneath your skin is pulling them.
But how could raised hairs help with either cold or danger?
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