And do the same to the text of the scriptures!
Did you know this was actually debated on occasion? One rabbi I read argued that three was the minimum number of hairs for claiming to have a beard; another argued that there must be enough to obscure the continuity of skin on the chin.
[I forget why this was even important!]
Interesting . . . only eighty beavers were introduced in Argentina years ago and there are about 200k now! I think there has only been time enough for about twenty generations, though.
If they didn’t, then anyone could have children of any possible color.