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  2. 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 ...

  3. Euskal Txerria - Wikipedia

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    The Euskal Txerria or Basque, French: Pie Noir du Pays Basque, is a breed of pig native to the Basque Country. As suggested by its name in French, the breed is piebald , black and pink. What is today called the Basque pig is one of several historical breeds or breed types kept by Basque peoples, and it was consolidated under the name only in ...

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

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    Photo Credit: Don Mason/Corbis via NY MAG BY: NY MAG Pig meat: It's a weirdly polarizing subject. In some cultures, it's a mealtime staple; in others, it's considered so unclean that there are ...

  5. Pig slaughter - Wikipedia

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    The process of making a sausage in a traditional Hungarian household. Pig slaughter is a tradition known in numerous European countries and regions: Armenia (Խոզ մորթելը, Khoz mort’ely), in Albania, it is only Traditional among Christians, Austria (Sautanz), [13] Bulgaria (колене на прасе, kolene na prase), North Macedonia (колење на прасе, kolenje na ...

  6. Pig - Wikipedia

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    The pig (Sus domesticus), also called swine (pl.: swine) or hog, is an omnivorous, domesticated, even-toed, hoofed mammal. It is named the domestic pig when distinguishing it from other members of the genus Sus. It is considered a subspecies of Sus scrofa (the wild boar or Eurasian boar) by some authorities, but as a distinct species by others.

  7. Pig farming - Wikipedia

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    Pigs are extensively farmed, and therefore the terminology is well developed: Pig, hog, or swine, the species as a whole, or any member of it. The singular of "swine" is the same as the plural. Shoat (or shote), piglet, or (where the species is called "hog") pig, unweaned young pig, or any immature pig [23] Sucker, a pig between birth and weaning

  8. 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 ...

  9. Menacing hogs shot down at Congaree National Park. Here ... - AOL

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    Wild pigs are considered a problem in many parts of South Carolina, as well as the natonal park. Prolific breeders, they destroy important plants by rooting up the forest floor in search of food.