The Complexity of Pig Wallowing

Bracker: It is hot to be a pig. You need to find ways to cool off. Because of the convergence of all these limitations and their vulnerability to heat, pigs have to supplement their sort of internal or anatomical cooling capabilities with behavioral ones. And this could in some cases be as simple as reducing your movement and seeking out shade when the sun is high. But it also includes wallowing. So strong is a pig's desire to wallow that in some cases, if water and mud are not available in the pig's environment, they will lie down against any wet surface they can find Or even lie against their own feces and urine.