Do animals sweat?

Answer 1

Many animals perform what is known as evaporative cooling, where they allow water to escape from the body, usually the mouth and when it evaporates, it will remove some of the heat with it... it is just like when a dog pants.....
Most animals can't sweat the way we do, we adapted that ability because we are no longer covered by dense hairs, but most animals are good at regulating body temperature just by say moving into the shade or only being active at dawn and dusk as opposed to coming out in the middle of the day.

Hope this helps!

Answer 2

Sweating

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Sweat redirects here. For other uses, see Sweat (disambiguation)
Sweating (also called perspiration or sometimes transpiration) is the production and evaporation of a watery fluid, consisting mainly of sodium chloride (the main constituent of "table salt") in solution, that is excreted by the sweat glands in the skin of mammals. Sweat also contains the chemicals or odorants 2-methylphenol (o-cresol) and 4-methylphenol (p-cresol).

In humans, sweating is primarily a means of temperature regulation, although it has been proposed that components of male sweat can act as pheromonal cues [1]. Evaporation of sweat from the skin surface has a cooling effect due to the latent heat of evaporation of water. Hence, in hot weather, or when the individual's muscles heat up due to exertion, more sweat is produced. Sweating is increased by nervousness and nausea and decreased by cold. Animals with few sweat glands, such as dogs, accomplish similar temperature regulation results by panting, which evaporates water from the moist lining of the oral cavity and pharynx. Primates and horses have armpits that sweat similar to humans.

Answer 3

Some animals sweat but there are several species of mammals like the hippo and dogs that don't sweat like normal. They have to pant or go into the water to cool off.

Answer 4

Yes they do. Just like any mammal they have sweat glands and sweat to cool themselves down in the summer. However the effect isn't as good as with humans as it's more difficult for the sweat to be evaporated away from their body due to all the fur. This is the case with warm blooded mammals.

Answer 5

Most do, it's just a question of how many sweat glands they have. For example, horses are like people in that they have sweat glands all over their bodies. Cows on the other hand only have sweat glands in their noses. Dogs and cats do not have sweat glands on the majority of their bodies.

Answer 6

Yes they do.
Not all like us though. A dog pants to release heat. A elephant flaps its ears to cool the blood kind of like a radiator. A cat sweats through its feet mainly unless over heated then they will open mouth pant.

Answer 7

yes animals sweat but some animals sweat glands are not in the obvious places such as foot pads

Answer 8

not all animals will sweat. some will do so very very little. eg african elephants will cool by flapping their ears. dogs pant to cool when sweating with fur isnt effective enough. and of course fish dont need to sweat!

Answer 9

Of course. This is some species sweat to reduce body heat.

Answer 10

They sure do, my cat has a skin condition that make him all sweaty and stinky!

Also, horses sweat after alot of exercise which is why it is important to wash them down and groom them with a sweat brush after a long ride.