clammy

“In the ‘morning’ the air is thick; it hangs in a clammy, damp mass that you can all but grasp with your hands.

This shame is embedded into Western culture, says Ms Everts, who has long suffered embarrassment about her own clammy skin.

“As soon as it gets sweaty and wet, it actually wicks heat away from your body and makes you feel really cold and clammy.”

This evolutionary gift adds a clammy disquiet to the eye-jacked livestock, which never rests and is constantly evaluating its captors and fellow captives.

Symptoms of heat exhaustion include clammy skin, nausea, vomiting, dizziness, fainting and muscle cramps.