Hey guys it’s me again, I’m here to tell you some more about these cute little animals. PIGGIES…
Common names for pigs are; hogs and swine. There are 15 different species of pigs. A pigs natural habitat is throughout the world, pigs are omnivorous, they eat both meant and greens. Most pigs live to be 9-15 years old. It takes a female pig 8-18 months to mature and 8-10 months for a male pig to mature.
The largest pig in the world that is still alive to this day is a Poland china named “big bill”, he weighs 2,552lbs and is 5ft tall and 9ft long. The largest litter of pigs that have been born was 37 piglets, 36 of them were born alive but only 33 survived. A full grown pig can drink up to 14 gallons of water a day, sometimes more depending on how hot it is outside.
The first pig was brought to the new world in 1539 by a Spanish explorer names Hernando DeSoto. Pigs were one of the first of all animals to be domesticated about 6 thousand years ago. Piglets are very aggressive and greedy when they want food from their mothers. Piglets are usually weaned at 2-4 weeks old. Piglets after being weaned are called “nursery pigs” until they weigh about 50 lbs, pigs that weigh 50lbs to 240lbs are called “growing/finishing pigs.” After pigs reach about 250lbs they are called “hogs.” People usually butcher hogs themselves or take them to the market when they weigh around 250-300lbs.
Back in the day’ pigs were fed table scraps and ate almost anything, because of this when the pigs were butchered the meat was very high in fat. The pigs would eat stuff like corn, clover, grass, and the table scraps that would have just become garbage. In some areas pigs turned out to go find their own food, they could roam freely, eating anything they could find. http://www.google.com/imgres?q=pigs+roaming+freely&hl=en&safe=active&tbm=isch&tbnid=fjGkldoE0JXRNM:&imgrefurl=http://www.rgbstock.com/photo/mfPTKiK/Tamworth%2Bpigs&docid=U3oWaqzEGhzyyM&w=300&h=200&ei=zcGBTtz3EsOUtwe9mLDdAQ&zoom=1&iact=hc&vpx=405&vpy=173&dur=1513&hovh=160&hovw=240&tx=125&ty=89&page=1&tbnh=152&tbnw=183&start=0&ndsp=28&ved=1t:429,r:1,s:0&biw=1680&bih=858
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