Your fetal pig ( sus Scrofa )

1. Your fetal pig (susScrofa)

2. A female pig is called a sow, while the male is called boar. The baby of a pig is called piglet.

3. The scream of a frightened pig can measure 115 decibels, higher than the taking off noise of a jet engine (113 decibels).

4. Water! • A full grown pig can drink up to 14 gallons of water a day.

5. Interesting Facts • Smallest Breed: Mini Maialino (20 lbs) • Number of Teeth: 44 • Natural Habitat: Throughout the world • Diet: Omnivorous (leaves and grasses, roots, fruits and flowers, dead insects, worms, tree bark, rotting carcasses, etc • Age: 9 to 15 years • Age of Maturity (females): 8 to 18 months • Age of Maturity (males): 8 to 10 months • Number of Offspring: 6 to 12

6. This is just funny. . • Suppose you own three pets: a cat, a dog and a pig. You are away from home for ten days on a business trip. Upon your return, you walk in the door. The cat is indifferent – it couldn’t care less that you were away. The dog is delirious with joy that you are home again. But the pig gives you a look as if to say, “So, where were you all this time? And why didn’t you write?”

7. Did you know that pigs are ranked #4 in animal intelligence? Chimpanzees are ranked at the top together with the gorilla, orangutan, baboon, gibbon and monkey. Dolphins and killer whales are ranked #2. Elephants are #3. Pigs are #4 because they are very intelligent and can learn to do tricks faster than dogs. They have learned to push a lever in the barnyard to get a drink of water or a dish of food, and have been taught to tumble, race, pull carts. and dance.

8. • A sow can give birth to a litter containing 7 to 12 piglets about twice a year. Giving birth to baby pigs is called farrowing. The gestation period of a sow is 114 days – a little less than 4 months

9. Pigs are very good swimmers and prefer water, if it’s available, to mud.

10. • Most pigs are sold when they are 6 or 7 months old and weigh about 210 to 250 pounds. If pigs are kept longer they are usually used for breeding.

11. • Did you know a pig can run a 7-minute mile?

12. Pig heart valves have been used to replace damaged human heart valves. • Insulin and more than 40 other pharmaceuticals and medicines are derived from pig products. • Pig fat and other pig products are used in cosmetics, floor wax, crayons, chalk, weed killers, anti-freeze, glass, china, adhesives, plastics, paint, chewing gum, shoes, and hundreds of other items.

13. The highest known price ever paid for a hog was $56,000 paid for a cross-bred hog named Bud on March 5, 1985. • • Pigs are brave. A pig named Priscilla saved a boy from drowning. She is in the Pet Hall of Fame.

14. A litter of piglets typically contains between 10 and 12 animals. Meat from pigs is called pork in general and ham, bacon or bologna in some cases.

15. Pigs are commonly associated with greed and with dirt; the latter probably comes from their habit of wallowing in mud. Pigs are not as dirty as people believe them to be. They are in fact very clean animals and the only reason people picture them in mud and covered in dirt is because they do not sweat. Rolling in the mud is their way of regulating their body temperature and keeping themselves cool in warmer temperatures.

16. While pigs are raised mostly for meat, their skin is used as a source of leather. Their bristly hairs are also traditionally used for brushes.Pigs, like humans, are omnivores, making them easy to raise: on a small farm or in a large household they can be fed kitchen scraps as part or all of their diet.

17. Smart? • Pigs are intelligent animals, and some are kept as pets. Pigs are reportedly more intelligent and more trainable than dogs and cats.