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- They have a digestive tract that is very similar to humans

- They have tough skin and very coarse hair

- Bacon and ham is what comes from pigs that have been butchered

- They can be as smart as a dog

- Mature females are called sows

- Mature males are called boars

- Castrated males are called barrows

- Young females are called gilts

- Newborn pigs prior to weaning are called piglets

- Young pigs after weaning are called stoats or weanling piglets

- They are social creatures

- Sows have a gestation period of 3 months, 3 weeks and 3 days (116 days)

- A sow's uterine horns are very long to accomodate for a litter of ~10 piglets

- A boar's penis is cork-screw shaped to accomodate for the shape of the sow's cervix

- Pigs can mate for up to 30 to 45 minutes

- Pigs don't sweat

- Pigs are very clean animals; they often defecate and urinate in a corner away from their sleeping and eating areas

- Pigs are omnivores

- Pigs love to root around in the earth for tasty shoots and tubers

- Pigs are used in France to hunt for truffles, and are the only creatures that are able to sniff out truffles.

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