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>>70321471
I did some quick google and I think it could work… but only for a somewhat short time. Covering yourself with cold mud (or taking a bath and then covering yourself with mud) works because your outermost layer’s now the same temperature as the background and the water has washed away your scent. That said it doesn’t stop your body from producing heat or smell so in time those will seep through the mud cover and make you slowly show yourself. It also doesn’t erase the path you’ve taken before you go skinny dipping so if you stay in one place it’ll only confuse the tracker for a moment (which might be all you need to strike back)
It’s more useful if you’re on the offensive since you’ll be constantly moving and thus distance yourself from your scent path but I don’t know if a walking mud man’s gonna be less noticeable. The biggest drawback of olfaction in this scenario’s that it relies on the spread of molecules in the air so it’ll take a while before your scent could reach the salamoim (unless they’re downwind from you) so moving fast and striking quickly’s more likely to win than trying to wait it out. *Really* good salamoim hunters might position themselves in a way so that they’re always facing leeward so as to rely on their smell to tell what’s upwind. They might also know the local environment so well to the point that they can tell by smell if the mud’s been disturbed more than what simple walking would cause. Then again they might also recognize you’re dedicated to the hunt which can end well or very badly for you