my mother has 500 pairs of shoes.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Hoarding is a behavior where people or animals accumulate food or other items. \"Hoarding\" and \"caching\" are common behaviors in many bird species as well as in rodents. Most animal caches are of food. However, some birds will also stingily collect other items, especially if the birds are pets. Magpies are infamous for hoarding items such as money and jewelry. (Contrary to popular belief, research suggests magpies are no more attracted to shiny things than other kinds of items.) One theory suggests that human hoarding may be related to animal hoarding behavior, but substantial evidence is lacking. Civil unrest or natural disaster may lead people to hoard foodstuffs, water, gasoline and other essentials that they believe, rightly or wrongly, will soon be in short supply. Survivalists, also known as preppers, often stockpile large supplies of these items in anticipation of a large-scale disaster event. Hoarders are people who lose the desire to throw away unneeded items because of a feeling of attachment to these items. Compulsive hoarders will equate certain, usually mundane, objects to their own personal identity or even give them certain human characteristics. In severe cases, houses belonging to such people may become a fire hazard (due to blocked exits and stacked papers) or a health hazard (due to vermin infestation, excreta and detritus from excessive pets, hoarded food and garbage or the risk of stacks of items collapsing on the occupants and blocking exit routes).\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Some people think hoarding behaviors are related to animal hording behaviors, like birds collecting items."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't know that! That is really interesting. "}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "There isn't a whole lot of evidence for it though. Most animals horde, or cache, food. "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I can see that hoarding can make someone feel safe if they grew up with almost nothing. Squirrls are cute with thier cheeks full of food."}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "They definitely do! Most animal hoarding is done by birds and rodents, and squirrels are a type of rodent!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "neat! I saw a video once of a squirrel raised by a family would hide nuts in the pet dogs fur. lol"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Lol that's hilarious and super cute. :) "}, {"role": "user", "content": "I didn't know squirrels were a rodent! Thank you for the information!"}]