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Q: Why do they use pigs for finding truffles?
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Do pigs eat underground truffles?

Pigs. They love to eat truffles. Dogs are sometimes, also trained to find truffles.


Is truffles a wine?

No, truffles are either a dessert or a thing that European pigs find. Wine can be said to have the flavor of truffles.


Are truffles pure chocolate?

Truffles are a fungus and are dug up by trained pigs or dogs


Which luxury food do pigs eat?

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What animals are trained to dig for truffles an edible fungus?

pigs and dogs


What do pigs do on FarmVille?

Nothing really. They sit there (or move around if you click "allow walk") until they are ready to "collect." You collect for the pigs finding "truffles." I first thought that we would slaughter the pigs for ham, pork, bacon etc....LOL!


Are truffles made from pig manure?

Truffles do not come from pigs. Truffles are a kind of fungus, like a type of mushroom, which grows underground. The truffles fetch a high price on the market but they can be very hard to find. Pigs can apparently smell them and sometimes, particularly in France, they are trained to scent out the truffles for their owners.


Do pigs eat mushrooms?

Yes, and especially truffles, a mushroom that grows underground.. In fact they're so good at finding them that pigs are the animal used to used to sniff them out.


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Truffles.


How do farmers find truffles?

They follow the noses of female pigs.


How do pigs find truffles?

they find truffles when you look inside your pigpen and click on the pigs it also tells you what possible truffle the kind of pig can get once you mouse over it


How can a pig always find a truffle?

Pigs have a a very good sense of smell and truffles have a pungent scent. Since pigs love truffles, they start digging when they catch the scent of this delicacy.