Name: Bob W Whitbeck
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Question:
Please explain how a dog's panting helps it stay cool.
Replies:
The same way that other mammals sweat to stay cool: by evaporation.
Many mammals cannot sweat to cool off because of their hair or fur:
most of them pant instead.
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