Pigs are cute animals that are known because they are very… dirty!
Pigs are popular animals and have been used even in animations. Let’s find out more about them!
- Pigs live on every continent except for Antarctica.
- China has the most domesticated pigs in the world!
- Pigs have 4 toes on each foot but they only walk on.
- Pigs are mammals.
- Pigs are intelligent animals.
- Pigs are widely accepted as being smarter than young children of at least 3 years of age, dogs, and even some primates.
- Pigs are not solitary animals, as they like socializing.
- Pigs are omnivores.
- That means they can eat both plants and meat.
- A pig’s snout is an important tool for finding food in the ground and sensing the world around them.
- Pigs can smell anything since they have a good smell.
- In the world exist around 2 millions of pigs
- Humans farm pigs for meat such as pork, bacon, and ham.
- In some religions, meat out of pig is forbidden.
- Some people like to keep pigs as pets.
- Wild pigs are called boars.
- They are often hunted in the wild.
- In some areas of the world, wild boars are the main source of food for tigers.
- Feral pigs that have been introduced into new areas can be a threat to the local ecosystem.
- Pigs can be dangerous for humanity because they can pass on a variety of diseases to humans.
- Relative to their body size, pigs have small lungs.
- There is a famous animation among children with a pig named Peppa.
- Pigs have 44 teeth.
- Sometimes pigs are used for medical research.
- This is happening because of the similarity between pigs and humans.
- A pig can run on average 11 miles per hour.
- A wild boar, which isn’t as fat-laden as a domestic pig, can reach speeds up to 15 miles per hour.
- Alexander the Great reportedly used pigs as a counter-attack to elephants.
- Pigs only roll on the mud to cool off and they normally keep their “space” clean and organized.
