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• The pig’s tail is straight, because it was scared it was getting on the spit.
• Pigs need something like mud to keep moist in the summer, so they don’t get sunburn.
• Pig’s are intelligent animals.
• Like humans, pigs are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and other animals.
• Pig’s have an excellent sense of smell.
• There are about 2 billion pig’s around the world.
• A pig's snout is an important tool for finding food in the ground and sensing the world around them.
• Pigs can pass on a variety of diseases to humans.
• Relative to their body size, pigs have small lungs.
• Wild pigs (boars), are often hunted in the wild.
• Humans farm pigs for meat such as pork, bacon and ham.
• In some areas of the world, wild boars are the main source of food for tigers.
• A pig’s snout is an important tool for finding food in the ground and sensing the world around them.
• Pigs communicate constantly with one another.
• Pigs drink up to 14 gallons of water every day.
• An adult pig can run up to 11 miles per hour.
• Pigs have 15,000 taste buds! Humans have 9,000.
• Pigs have 4 toes on each foot, but they only walk on 2.
• Pigs are easily trained to walk on a leash, use a litter box and do tricks.
• In Denmark there are twice as many pigs as people!