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What are some pig facts?

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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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