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Livestock => Pigs => Topic started by: Womble on April 08, 2017, 09:17:56 am
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Good people of TAS - could you help me to settle a pub argument please? :idea:
Do pigs sweat like pigs? :thinking:
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Pigs don't sweat. That's why they need a wallow.
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Except from the tip of their snout :pig:
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Seriously? That's amazing! :thumbsup:
I told my friend that I'd never seen a pig sweat before, and he said they must do, or else where did the phrase "sweating like a pig" come from?
And actually, don't you think that's a very good point?
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Ah, but where I grew up you sweat like a horse! :D And hens do have some saw-like things in their beaks I would refer to as teeth :)
They do honestly sweat at the tip of their nose, though, just on the flat bit where the nostrils are. Seen it myself - felt it, too :D
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ladies glow, men perspire, and horses sweat
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I'm sure that I've been told that "sweating like a pig" is something to do with pig iron. But I can't remember why. :dunce: Has anyone else heard something similar?
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Aha! (https://www.quora.com/Proverbs-Sayings-and-Adages-Where-did-the-saying-Sweating-like-a-Dog-come-from-since-dogs-are-physically-not-able-to-sweat)
The original expression "sweat like a pig" allegedly comes from smelting pig iron (which sweats as it cools). Pig iron, by the way, is so named because it's shaped in molds that branch off like piglets suckling on a sow.
It never even occurred to me that the phrase might not actually be referring to porcine pigs. Thanks for clearing that up, Possum! :thumbsup:
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I'm sure that I've been told that "sweating like a pig" is something to do with pig iron. But I can't remember why. :dunce: Has anyone else heard something similar?
hmm possibly because back in the days of pig iron it would have been bl**dy hard work!
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This is what I found on the subject...
https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=do+pigs+sweat+wikipedia (https://www.google.co.uk/webhp?sourceid=chrome-instant&ion=1&espv=2&ie=UTF-8#q=do+pigs+sweat+wikipedia)
Pigs do have a few sweat glands, but they're not very useful for temperature adjustment. When the mercury rises on the farm, Wilber wallows in cool water or mud, which has the same evaporation effect as sweating.
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When the mercury rises on the farm, Wilber wallows in cool water or mud, which has the same evaporation effect as sweating.
And acts as a sunscreen. Don't know what factor, though ;)
My pigs used to wee in their paddling pool and wallows before lying down in it. Yep, smelled real nice... :yuck:
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My pigs used to wee in their paddling pool and wallows before lying down in it. Yep, smelled real nice... :yuck:
urea is an active ingredient in many creams (especially heel crack cream) so perhaps they are doing it deliberately as a skin conditioner
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when i see pigs in deep sloppy wallows in hot weather i'm a bit envious, weirdly.
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Thoughts of a wet Glastonbury Festival come to mind