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2011/1/2 Dr. Ferdinando dos Reis Falcão <drferdina...@hotmail.com>
I am here also reminded of a colleague of mine who had said in Konkani:
“Dukor Kednai Ghu Sodta?”
Doc, this indicates a bias against pigs...
QUOTE It is fairly common to hear the phrase ’sweating like a pig’ to
describe a person who is perspiring profusely. However pigs do not sweat in
the way that we do because they do not have sweat glands, so they need to
roll in mud to cool themselves down and protect themselves from the sun. The
mud also helps them to get rid of any fleas or parasites on the pigs skin
because the mud cracks off as it dries, taking the parasites with it.
Perhaps the need to roll in mud is why they are thought of as dirty, but
pigs are actually very clean animals, they will not soil their living or
eating areas unless they are forced to by the circumstances in which they
are kept. QUOTE
Read more:
http://scienceray.com/biology/zoology/are-pigs-the-most-misunderstood-creatures-in-the-animal-kingdom/#ixzz19tM2Pu1C
Just as it is very easy to have the mental image of someone poor and believe
them to be "dirty"! FN
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