Why do you get goosebumps when you step into a hot bath?

Subject: Why do you get goosebumps when you step into a hot bath?

Date: Mon May 25 14:58:02 1998
Posted by Helen
Grade level: grad (science)
School: uni of York
City: York State/Province: No state entered.
Country: England
Area of science: Anatomy
ID: 896126282.An

Message:


If you step into a hot bath, you sometimes get goosebumps.  I thought 
this was supposed to happen when you were cold.  So why does a hot 
bath have the same effect as  cold winters day?

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