I disagree. Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It. For the history of this quote -- no, it is not Twain, nor Heinlein -- see quoteinvestigator.com/2…
I disagree. Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It. For the history of this quote -- no, it is not Twain, nor Heinlein -- see https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/08/pig/
In real life, pigs are almost as fastidiously clean as cats. They don't like being filthy. that comes from being penned so their hooves turn soil to mud.
But they do love a good mud wallow. https://www.livescience.com/13953-pigs-evolved-mud-wallowing.html Wild boars have made a wallow in the nature preserve near my house. There may be all sorts of measurable benefits to wallowing, but people looking for 'reasons why animals do x' generally leave out 'because it is fun'.
I disagree. Never Wrestle with a Pig. You Both Get Dirty and the Pig Likes It. For the history of this quote -- no, it is not Twain, nor Heinlein -- see https://quoteinvestigator.com/2017/07/08/pig/
In real life, pigs are almost as fastidiously clean as cats. They don't like being filthy. that comes from being penned so their hooves turn soil to mud.
But they do love a good mud wallow. https://www.livescience.com/13953-pigs-evolved-mud-wallowing.html Wild boars have made a wallow in the nature preserve near my house. There may be all sorts of measurable benefits to wallowing, but people looking for 'reasons why animals do x' generally leave out 'because it is fun'.