Why do pigs love mud so much? Are they just dirty? No! Pigs need mud to regulate their temperature and protect their skin from sunburn. Yes, that's right pigs can get sunburn too 🥹 especially in this Aussie heat. So mud is like their own special homemade suncream! The act of rolling around in the mud like this is called wallowing. Wallowing also helps them in something called evaporative cooling. This is their version of sweating because they don't have functional sweat glands like us! Just lik

Taking a mud bath may not seem so special, but there are 26 million pigs living in Iowa right now who will never experience this simple pleasure. Who are we to deprive them of this joy? | Iowa Farm Sanctuary

This is what happiness looks like! 🐷❤️ Did you know, contrary to popular belief, it is impossible to 'sweat like a pig'? Because pigs don't really sweat! They do have some sweat glands but far less than us humans and the ones they do have are not very functional. For this reason, they utilise mud to keep cool on warm days! The mud is also used as a sunscreen and even to repel insect bites. Not to mention, it looks pretty fun. 🙌 🎥 Calvin Swine "If we could live happy and healthy lives without