All information came from: https://animalcorner.org/animals/pigs/
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Improved genetics and better feeding practices have resulted in a market hog 50% leaner than it was in the 1960’s.
An average pig eats five pounds of feed each day, or a ton of food every year.
The largest pig on record was a Poland-China hog named ‘Big Bill’. He weighed a portly 2,552 lbs and was so large that he dragged his belly on the ground. He had a shoulder height of 5 feet and a length of 9 feet.
The smallest breed of pig is the Mini Maialino. Pigs of this breed average only 20 pounds at maturity.
The largest litter of piglets ever farrowed was 37 by a sow on a farm in Australia. 36 piglets were born alive and 33 total survived.
The largest piglet ever farrowed was a stillborn 5lb 4oz male. Average weight for a piglet is 3 lbs.
A group of pigs is called a herd.
The scientific name for the pig is sus scrofa domesticus
Pigs walk on only two of their toes on each feet. Pigs look like they are walking on tip toe..
Pigs do not have sweat glands and white pigs burn easily in the sun, hence having to roll in mud to keep cool..
Pigs are not dirty animals – they tend to soil a particular part of their pen, away from eating and sleeping areas..
Scientists believe that pigs are one of the most intelligent animals, ranking close behind apes and dolphins.
Pigs are distantly related to the hippopotamus family.
The word ‘barbecue’ comes from the French who called their Caribbean pork feasts ‘de barbe et queue’, which means ‘from beard to tail’.
Wild or domestic pigs can be found on every continent except Antarctica.
There are approximately 840 million hogs on farms throughout the world.
China has long had the world’s largest population of domestic pigs.
The average sow gives birth to 8 to 12 pigs at a time.
Duroc pigs are a popular breed because they produce large litters and gain weight rapidly.
Cincinnati, Ohio was such a major pork processing centre by 1863 that is was widely known as ‘porkapolis’.
Pigs do not need to be rounded up. A good yell will bring them running. A pig’s squeal can reach up to 115 decibels, 3 decibels higher than the sound of a supersonic Concorde.
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