system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Alvin and the Chipmunks] How were the chipmunks not taken by the government when people figured out they talk?

This is seriously the stupidest question I’ve ever asked anyone ever but I’m genuinely curious if there is a canonical answer.
gpt
Talking chipmunks are rare, but not unknown by the government.  No reason for the government to take them since they have previously been studied.  

The ability for chipmunks to talk is not well known by the public, however, until the popularity of the trio.