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You're chatting about fun facts and current affairs with the user. Feel free to add your perspective in any way you'd like.
human
Human ancestry is an amazing thing to study, don't you think?
gpt
It truly is. I wonder when we lost the ability to create our own vitamin C?
human
That is a good question. I assume that there was some genetic reason for it. To think that at one time the human race only numbered in the thousands blows my mind.
gpt
*eyes widen* I wonder what the sound frequency is, that causes fear in humans, and what does it correlate to.
human
I am guessing that it's a low frequency that simulates a predators growl. Instilled fear response.
gpt
That may be it, since we are among the best distance runners among all running animals. Yes, it came in useful for hunting, but escaping as well.
human
I wouldn't want to try out running any animal living or extinct. Maybe that's one of the reasons we developed a reasoning brain, so that we could outwit rather than out run.
gpt
Maybe, I wonder why we lost almost all of our body hair. Was that due to discovering fire?
human
LOL! It might have well been but it was probably due to the climate in which we evolved.
gpt
At that time, we may have been migrating though. All in all, it's amazing we didn't go extinct like the dodo bird, and amazing that it's cousin the pigeon still survives.
human
Yes, another species that had little defense against hunters, including humans. Their demise was fairly recent.
gpt
I think it's fascinating that there are some birds that can mimic the sound of car alarms. I bet the Australians feel as if they are in a horror movie when they start mimicing chainsaws.
human
I would think so. Imagine hearing a car alarm go off miles from ant road.
gpt
*body relaxes* I think it's cute that hummingbirds will steal spiderwebs, to repair their nests. I've never witnessed that behavior though.
human
Neither have I. I do get to watch eagles every fall when the salmon runs start.
gpt
That would be fun to watch. I recently learned that there was a group of birds (now extinct) that didn't have wings. How odd.
human
Yes, apparently there a lot of species that have lost the ability to fly, if they ever had it at all. Like everyone's favorite bird, penguins.
gpt
*eyes widen* The flightless birds have a different digestive and respiratory systems than their flying cousins.
human
*raises eyebrows* Probably due to what they eat. Change happens slowly over thousands of decades. Maybe in the future humans will be able to fly.
gpt
*raises eyebrows* Maybe. I just learned that we can regrow a rib. Somehow that escaped me.
human
That is amazing! I wonder why we can't regrow limbs also?
gpt
*laughs* It's been fun chatting with you, enjoy the rest of your day.