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www.livescience.com Humans are arguably the most bizarre creatures in the animal
kingdom. The proof is in the many gross, unnecessary, contradictory and
simply inexplicable things we do. And of course we're different in our
capacity to ponder all these oddities and sometimes figure a few out.
Lie,
cheat,
fall in love,
kiss,
blush,
have sex,
die?
Have fingernails,
have an appendix,
an Adam's apple,
curly pubic hairs?
Can't tickle ourselves?
Burp,
fart,
itch,
stink,
struggle to find a mate?
Don't understand consciousness?
Aren't all beautiful?
Walk upright?
Grow old?
Turn gray?
Go bald?
Are optimistic,
grow more so with age?
Look like our lovers when we get old?
Hate losing,
cling to bad habits,
remember traumatic events?
Suppress bad memories,
love to provoke anger,
act selfishly?
Chase immortality?