Pig

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A pig is any of the animals in the genus Sus, within the even-toed ungulate family Suidae. Pigs include the domestic pig and its ancestor, the common Eurasian wild boar (Sus scrofa), along with other species. Related creatures outside the genus include the peccary, the babirusa, and the warthog. Pigs, like all suids, are native to the Eurasian and African continents. Juvenile pigs are known as piglets.Pigs are highly social and intelligent animals,More info:wiki

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Despite the thorough and consistent evidence that pigs are more intelligent than dogs and have booming social lives too, dogs are (for the most part) regarded as ‘mans best friend’; treated with love and affection – whereas, pigs are bred, farmed and slaughtered for food.

But, do we really want to be eating pigs, or cuddling them? Here are 9 reasons that show how similar they are to dogs.

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Journalist Barry Estabrook knows how to enjoy a juicy heritage pork chop. He’ll also be the first to tell you what intelligent, sensitive creatures pigs are. “I had no idea how smart they were until I got in the research,” Estabrook tells Fresh Air’s Dave Davies.

Estabrook is the author of Pig Tales: An Omnivore’s Quest for Sustainable Meat, out May 4. “I set out on the premise that if you’re going to eat an animal, maybe you owed it to yourself to find out as much as you could about the way the animal thought, its cognitive abilities,” Estabrook explains.