Perspiration is our body's way of cooling us down when the temperature of our environment is too hot for us to

otherwise efficiently endure to continue functioning. This is something that most mammals do,

and it's not the only method of thermoregulation of adjusting an entity's temperature available.

Plenty of other animals take other approaches to solving the same problem,

when there's a mismatch between what their innards can survive,

and at what temperature they optimally function,

and the reality of the temperature around them.

But we're actually pretty decent at this method, all things considered.

We have two different types of glands that produce sweat. But we're actually pretty decent at this method, all things considered.

We have two different types of glands that produce sweat, and perspiration is just another word for sweating.

And these sweat glands are automagically activated when we are in environments that are a bit too hot for our body's comfort.

And I say that we're pretty good at this because we are one of the relative few,

alongside horses and moles, that don't have our sweat glands and hair follicles connected,

which, it turns out, has allowed us to evolve the ability to produce comparatively massive amounts of sweat when

warranted.

Sweat is in some cases a little socially awkward, and because of the bacteria we have

tucked away in some of our cavities and folds, it can sometimes seem to smell.

Sweat itself is odorless, but that bacteria being flooded out of its skin home is what tends to give generalized body odor its individually

distinct fragrance. And sweat is associated with other things like nervousness and physical exertion, exercise,

and such, and with the floods of hormones that can knock our thermoregulatory systems

and the systems connected to those systems, temporarily out of whack.

In general, though, sweating is a positive thing, because it is

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