Barbery Apes

[pseudomonas]

Is there any other mammal that has as enthusiastically stupid a distribution of hair as humans? Almost bald all over with a daft patch or two on top that can approach half the total body length seems pretty crazy to me. I guess a horse's tail is nearly as silly, but I think the humans still win that one.

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[cosmolinguist]

S'a myth, though, innit.

If this were true, they say, humans would be just as cold if they went without a hat as if they went without trousers. "Patently, this is just not the case.