Dogs pant to cool off. All dogs stick out their tongues and pant when they are overheated. Unlike people, dogs do not cool off by perspiring. When you perspire, drops of sweat evaporate from your skin. As the moisture escapes into the air, it cools you. As the dog pants, its breath blows away moisture from its mouth, nose, and lungs. The escaping moisture cools the dog.
It's so your legs can move freely...but honestly, Ed: I still can't understand how a person of the male gender could EVER ride a bicycle! I'm a lady, and I suffered every ditch and bump I ever hit on my bike! I just can't imagine how that must hurt a boy/man!!!
Yikes! I don't even want to think about it!
(I only know it must hurt a LOT-from watching them get kicked there on TV shows and in movies! ANYONE can understand that kind of pain, just by the look on their faces!)
Why in the world to we women fold up our bra & underwear and stash them under our clothes when we have to undress for the doctor? Especially when visiting the GYN?