Gestalt form sweating?
Gestalt form sweating?
We were discussing this on IRC a bit, and it seemed appropriate to post here to be complete. Should the gestalt form sweat? I'd say no; sweat doesn't really work well with fur; there's a reason wolves don't.
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I think that there would be no sweat glads on a werewolf, because of their fur. sweating makes it harder to keep clean with dirty fur allows water and and the elements in making is some what useless. so evolution wount allow that so werewolves like what Apokryltaros said would only have swaet glads on the pads on the hands and feet
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I need some more opinions on this before I give a post in Silver's Corner. My own vote is that the human sweatglands shrivel and close as it goes Gestalt.
In less hairy form, more sweat glands. In more hairy, less sweat glands, until it goes only to pads and feet.
And we did decide before that human form was simply human with improved hearing and smell (the high end of human, not superhuman).
There is another thread on vision and I'm waiting to get enough concensus to put that in Silver's Corner.
In less hairy form, more sweat glands. In more hairy, less sweat glands, until it goes only to pads and feet.
And we did decide before that human form was simply human with improved hearing and smell (the high end of human, not superhuman).
There is another thread on vision and I'm waiting to get enough concensus to put that in Silver's Corner.
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Well, that makes sence. I have no knowledge on werewolves and sweat glands. But its something non-werewolf fans wouldn't think about after watching a werewolf movie. But you may never know.Silver wrote:I need some more opinions on this before I give a post in Silver's Corner. My own vote is that the human sweatglands shrivel and close as it goes Gestalt.
I'm not quite sure what the problem is. If one can grow and ungrow a tail, then something as simple as shutting down and/or absorbing sweat glands should be a simple matter. I don't really care which it is, so long as we don't see sweat-matted fur. The inverse proportion thing makes sense, too, so long as it's scaled appropriately; there should only be sweat so long as there's little enough fur for evaporation-based cooling to be practical.
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Ralith wrote:I'm not quite sure what the problem is. If one can grow and ungrow a tail, then something as simple as shutting down and/or absorbing sweat glands should be a simple matter. I don't really care which it is, so long as we don't see sweat-matted fur. The inverse proportion thing makes sense, too, so long as it's scaled appropriately; there should only be sweat so long as there's little enough fur for evaporation-based cooling to be practical.
When humans get hot...we sweat. If a wolf gets hot, it pants.
Sooooo.I expect a werewolf to do this.
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*Looks at his dog, Shadow* Yup hes doing it.Figarou wrote:When humans get hot...we sweat. If a wolf gets hot, it pants.
Sooooo.I expect a werewolf to do this.
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Never let'em see you sweat
I agree with the emerging consensus, that when you grow fur, you lose sweat glands in the process. They'd have to atrophy and shrink anyway to allow the greater fur density.
Taking a Gestalt approach, since it's the "in" thing...
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I agree with everyone here. Panting=yes in gestalt/wolf form. Sweat from paws, yeah, ok.
The more human they get, the more sweat glands they form again.
What about something like a first shift. Its hard on the body, so the individual will be sweating up a storm as the changes come. At the end it could be heavy panting. But will they have a sweat-soaked pelt? The sweat wouldnt dry that fast, unless its all under the fur...
The more human they get, the more sweat glands they form again.
What about something like a first shift. Its hard on the body, so the individual will be sweating up a storm as the changes come. At the end it could be heavy panting. But will they have a sweat-soaked pelt? The sweat wouldnt dry that fast, unless its all under the fur...
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Hehe, that would have to suck. Here you've turned into god-knows-what, and you smell like wet dog!Silverclaw wrote:What about something like a first shift. Its hard on the body, so the individual will be sweating up a storm as the changes come. At the end it could be heavy panting. But will they have a sweat-soaked pelt? The sweat wouldnt dry that fast, unless its all under the fur...