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Pigs Don\’t Sweat

  • July 15, 2012
  • By KIDS DISCOVER

You can’t actually “sweat like a pig.” Pigs don’t sweat, at least not very much, because most of their sweat glands don’t work. They use “conductive cooling” to beat the heat, meaning they reduce body temperature by lying on cool surfaces or in water or mud.

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