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  2. Religious restrictions on the consumption of pork - Wikipedia

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    The pig tended to be regarded as a dangerously liminal animal. With the feet of a cud-eater, the diet of a scavenger, the habits of a dirt-dweller and the cunning of a human, it exhibited an unsettling combination of characteristics, rendering it culturally inedible for some (but not all) southern Levantine peoples, for whom pigs were often associated with the underworld or malevolent ...

  3. Pig intelligence - Wikipedia

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    Pigs can use their knowledge of other pig perspectives to their own advantage and even to influence others' behavior. [1] In one study, pigs used their theory of mind skills to mislead other pigs away from food rewards. [1] Like corvids and primates, pigs are capable of tactical deception. [15] [16] Pigs can figure where humans are looking and ...

  4. Pig - Wikipedia

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    Adult pigs generally weigh between 140 and 300 kg (310 and 660 lb), though some breeds can exceed this range. Exceptionally, a pig called Big Bill weighed 1,157 kg (2,551 lb) and had a shoulder height of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in). [5] Pigs possess both apocrine and eccrine sweat glands, although the latter are limited to the snout. [6]

  5. Why some cultures think pork is gross and others think it's ...

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    Rather than eating garbage in the streets, Roman pigs spent their days dining on acorns and grain. The reputation of pork depends upon the life of the pig. In early medieval Europe, when most pigs ...

  6. 10 Alarming Facts to Consider Before Getting a Teacup Pig - AOL

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    Teacup pigs are really pot-bellied pigs sold as babies and usually underfed to stay small. Healthy and well-cared for pot-bellied pigs weigh at least 60 pounds and routinely reach 200 pounds or more.

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  8. Brain as food - Wikipedia

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    The brain, like most other internal organs, or offal, can serve as nourishment. Brains used for nourishment include those of pigs, squirrels, rabbits, horses, cattle, monkeys, chickens, camels, fish, lamb, and goats. In many cultures, different types of brain are considered a delicacy.

  9. Pigs in culture - Wikipedia

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    Pigs have appeared in literature with a variety of associations, ranging from the pleasures of eating, as in Charles Lamb's A Dissertation upon Roast Pig, to William Golding's Lord of the Flies (with the fat character "Piggy"), where the rotting boar's head on a stick represents Beelzebub, "lord of the flies" being the direct translation of the ...