I only voted yes, with no narrative posting at all. I guess it's the same as our "obsession" with weight (I never could understand why when a new baby is born it's almost always announced with its weight), or time (e.g., I swam for 30 minutes, lifted weights for 20 minutes, and took an hour nap), or just the general counting of so many things. It must be one of those higher order cognitive things that come with people. I seriously doubt that dogs, or birds, or bears, or alligators count things. Plus, in reading your directions it seemed odd that you'd give them in that manner. Hence, I suspected there was a "hidden" reason.
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