This is the amusing moment a pig was spotted relaxing in mud. Footage captured by Teresita Pallan shows the animal wallowing in the dirt in Manila, Philippines, on December 26.

In hot weather, pigs wallow in water or mud, which affects body temperature in a similar way to human sweat, Tucker told Live Science. As the water or mud evaporates off the pig's body ...

Pigs and hogs have very few sweat glands, so they wallow in mud as a way to cool off on hot days. When they’re kept in cool shelters, they avoid filth and are actually pretty clean.

They spend their days rolling around in mud or napping under a small wooden table. Such is the life of three pigs named Wendi, Mesa, and Grande at the Little Bitty Animal Sanctuary in Ranchita ...