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Pigs are as smart as a three year old human
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Pigs are omnivores – this means they eat both plants and meat
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A pig’s snout has many uses – they use it to sniff, to dig and to communicate
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Pigs can learn their own names in as little as two weeks!
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Adult pigs can run as fast as 17 km/h
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Pigs can’t sweat! Pigs have very few sweat glands, therefore it is important that they can cool themselves down by wallowing and seeking shade.
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A pig's squeal can be as loud as 115 decibels – that’s louder than the sound of a plane!
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Pigs have over 20 different sounds they make in order to communicate with one another
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Pigs like very close social contact and will sleep nose to nose with one another
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Studies have shown that pigs have dreams when they sleep, just like we do.
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There is an island in the Bahamas full of wild pigs that love to swim in the ocean.
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Pigs have a great sense of direction and have been known to find their way home from very long distances
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Pigs are actually very clean animals and will not soil areas where they eat or sleep
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Pigs have 15,000 taste buds! Us humans only have 9,000!
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Pigs have four toes on each foot but only walk on two of them
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Pigs make great pets for people with allergies as they have no fur
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Pigs are easily trained to walk on a leash, use a litter box and do tricks