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Oct 21, 2018 · Do Pigs Sweat? It is accurate to say that pigs do not sweat. Although pigs possess some sweat glands, they do not respond to thermoregulatory cues (which is one reason why pigs wallow...
Feb 14, 2024 · Do pigs actually sweat? Pigs may not sweat much—at least not visibly enough to make this cliché stick—but they do sweat. The problem is, it’s usually not enough to reliably cool them down.
Sep 26, 2017 · Once produced, pig iron was not cool enough to move without burning anything it touched until it reached a point at which water vapor condensed on its surface, producing “sweat.” Hence, “sweating like a pig.”
Jul 22, 2022 · The phrase "sweating like a pig" may evoke mental images of streams of sweat pouring down porcine skin on a sweltering-hot day, but it is one of the English language's highly misleading...
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But if pigs can’t sweat, why do we have the expression “sweat like a pig?” The term is actually derived from the iron smelting process in which hot iron poured on sand cools and solidifies with the pieces resembling a sow and piglets. Hence "pig iron".
May 30, 2024 · No, pigs do not sweat. They do technically have sweat glands, but pigs do not use them to cool down. Perspiration is a process using eccrine sweat glands to release water and electroyltes from a body
Jul 4, 2017 · While pigs have no eccrine glands, they have apocrine glands, and, according to one theory, to sweat like a pig refers to the smell produced by the bacteria growing on the pig’s skin. But, since all domestic mammals have apocrine glands, why does the phrase specifically refer to the pig?
