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Goose bumps, also called goose pimples, goose flesh, chill bumps, chicken skin, people bumps, or the medical term cutis anserina, are the bumps on a person's skin at the base of body hairs which involuntarily develop when a person is cold or experiences strong emotions such as fear or awe.

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I've been researching this and I do believe it's because of the way a goose's skin looks with no feathers. It resembles the bumps we get on our skin when cold or scared, etc..

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