14 DAY TRIAL // Pretty much everybody knows that, when temperatures get too hot, dogs let their tongue roll out of their mouth and get busy panting like there were no tomorrow. Besides, it's common knowledge that dogs do so to cool off.
Still, chances are that many don't know exactly how and why panting helps dogs lower their body temperature. Fear not, there's a new science video in town, and it explains everything about our beloved pooches' panting ritual.
The video, available below, shows that, by opening their mouth, rolling out their tongue and panting, dogs create the perfect conditions for their saliva to evaporate at a rapid pace. The water molecules that leave a dog's mouth in this manner carry heat with them.
This means that, the more saliva is evaporated while a dog is busy panting, the more the pooch lowers its body temperature. Mind you, we humans cool off in virtually the same way. The only difference is that, instead of using saliva, we use sweat to get rid of excess heat.
What's interesting is that, contrary to what many people think, dogs do sweat. The thing is that they can only sweat through their paws, which explains why pooches need to resort to panting to cool off every time their body becomes overheated.
