It's to preserve their fluffiness.
(I like you much more than this telephone pole. But not as much as this frying pan., Fri 2 Feb 2007, 23:09, archived)

no it isn't
Come on, you can easily make this a jpg that's smaller than 50k. Anyone can do it, and so can you.
( mediocre I am not strange, Fri 2 Feb 2007, 23:18, archived)