Why don't pigs get cold?

Question

is it because they are fat like seals? Its just they don't have any fur....

Answer 1

Who says they don't get cold?

Pigs are more similar to humans, instead of having a lot of fur, they have a layer of fat beneath their skin. It does help keep them warm, but they feel the cold, just like most other mammals do. I think you'll find that wild pigs mostly live in tropical and warm climates. Not many Arctic pigs out there.

Answer 2

They most certainly can get cold.

Well, they do have hair.

And actually piglets are very sensitive to cold and shiver to maintain their body heat. They have less 'brown fat' than many other animal species.

To stay warm pigs will continue to move. Also their hairs will grow in thicker prior to winter.

They also keep warm by 4 or 5 of them huddling together in small huts in farm pastures. The shelters have been dug into by the pigs, so the ground level is actually a bit lower than the earth around it.

: ) Happy trails.

Answer 3

pigs do feel the cold and  live best where it's not too cold or too dry.

Answer 4

I'm sure they get cold, probably the farmers or whoever lay out hay and straw for them to sleep on, sorta like how you'd do a dog, for a doghouse.

Answer 5

To add to Platypus' statement sows or female hogs will make huge nests of grass or leaves for their pigs if they are allowed to roam free. I ahve seen a time when pigs' tails froze off. Wild hogs have hair and even an under coat of softer fur like hair in winter. Pigs in a show ring have been clipped.