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Bathing
* also aids in the reduction of such external parasites as fleas and ticks
  - relaxes the nervous system
* appears to be pleasurable and is essential to elephants
  - for most elephants
* are diversion.
* are used for bubble baths
  - cleanliness
  - pleasure
  - relaxation
  - washings
* can also help loosen crusts from inflamed skin
  - be healthful to the skin, adding moisture and treating skin conditions
  - consume an enormous amount of water
* cause clean skin
  - nudity
  - wet skin
* common cause of dry skin.
* concern for ulcerated hemangioma.
* good way to clean the skin and wash the toxins away.
* helps birds to stay warm by keeping their insulating feathers in tip-top condition.
* helps keep elephants cool
  - the feathers in good condition, which in turn, can help keep the bird healthy
  - remove parasites from the elephants' skin
  - the bowels, stomach, and liver, giving energy and new life to each
* increases the digestive fire, especially if the water little cold.
* induces normal preening behaviors and deters plucking.
* is about being clean in many senses.
* is also beneficial in keeping the skin and feathers in good condition
  - helpful in stopping many skin irritations from developing
  - an act of cleansing body and soul
  - another source of losing full or portions of feathers
  - communal, with birds stimulated to participate by observing others
  - critical for maintenance of feathers for insulation and flight
  - important for parrots, whose skin can become dry and itchy, leading to plucking
  - one of our most ancient rituals
  - part of grooming also
  - practised as a rain-charm in some parts of Southern and Western Russia
  - relaxing and helps to make the transition from the mundane world to the spiritual one
* is very important to canaries during molting and breeding
  - finches during moulting and breeding
* seems to have been an important act in ancient Ireland
  - trigger increased digestive activity that brings on defecation in the water
* traditional relaxing bedtime ritual.
* uses the most hot water in the average household.
* washes away surface oils, allowing the skin to dry out.
* when dehydrated helps to replenish moisture right through the pores.
  * Most bathing is done in hot water or hot steam. However, splash baths function like a cold shower to help people cool off on hot days. A jogger is shown, in this multiple exposure picture, running through the Dundas Square splash pad to cool down.

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Frequent bathing
* can aggravate dry skin, and hot baths can promote itching
  - also contribute to soft, weak hooves
  - tend to dry out a ferret's skin
* has the tendency to dry out the skin.
* helps to prevent infection.
* is discouraged as it removes oils that protect the ferret's fur.
* removes natural oils from the coat causing dry skin
  - oils from the skin and makes the skin much dryer

Regular bathing
* creats an unhealthy environment for all kinds of critters such as fleas and fungus.
* keeps the fluids from getting stale or uncomfortable.

Sponge bath
* are the best way to bathe in space.
* can be effective between showers or baths.

Housework
* are cleaning
  - exhaustings
  - work
* is an important part of home making
  - for the benefit of the whole household, including the one doing the work
  - housework even in space
  - one of the things couples argue about
* is work
  - directly opposed to the possibility of human self-actualization