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Pigs are smarter than dogs! In fact pigs are very intelligent animals. They are the fourth smartest animal on the planet
1. Humans
2. Primates
3. Whales/Dolphins 
4. Pigs
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Like humans pigs are mammals.
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They can life on average up to the age of 15.
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Pigs are very clean animals. They do not like to use the bathroom where they sleep or eat.
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A male pig is called a boar.
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A female pig is called a sow.
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A baby pig is called a piglet.
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A group of pigs is called a herd.
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Pigs have an excellent sense of smell.
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A pig uses their snout to find food, dig holes and to sense what’s around them.
Pig on Leash
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Pigs have small lungs.
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Pigs roll around in the mud to keep cool because they do not have sweat glands.
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Piglet’s are about 2.5 pounds when they are born.
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An adult pig on average weighs 300-700 pounds!
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Pigs have 44 teeth.
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Pigs communicate with other pigs with different sounds such as squealing or grunting.
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A mother pig sings to her piglet while nursing.
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Pigs have 15,000 taste buds! Humans have 9,000.
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An adult pig can run up to 11 miles per hour.
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Pigs are omnivores meaning they eat plants and meat. Most domesticated pigs living on farms eat corn.
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Pigs drink up to 14 gallons of water every day.
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There are about 2 billion pigs on earth!
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Pigs live on every continent except for Antarctica.
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Pigs have 4 toes on each foot but they only walk on 2.
Pig Feet
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China has the most domesticated pigs in the world! The United States is 2nd.
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Some people have pigs as pets.
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People with allergies sometimes have pigs as pets because they have hair not fur and they do not shed.
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Pigs are easily trained to walk on a leash, use a litter box and do tricks.
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The first book written on raising pigs was in 3468 BC by Emperor Fo Hi in China.
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In Denmark there twice as many pigs as people!
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Pig hearts have been used in human heart transplants.
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Pork products such as ham and bacon comes from pigs.
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Leather, lard, glue, fertilizer and medicines can also come from pigs.
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It is physically impossible for a pig to look up into the sky because their eyes are on the side of their head.
