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D O M E S T I C P I G Sus domesticus       © 2000 M.K. Holder |
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D O M E S T I C P I G (Sus domesticus) GENUS NAME: Sus SPECIES NAME: domesticus DIET: omnivorous; commercial feed may contain: corn, soybean meal, wheat, sorghum, milo, barley, oats |
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Pigs were domesticated from wild pigs (Sue scrofa). Adult domestic pigs average weight varies between 90 to 260 pounds (40.8-118 kg). Pigs have a keen sense of smell and are highly intelligent. In parts of Europe, pigs are trained to hunt truffles (an edible fungus that grows underground). The lifespan of a domestic pig is 10 to 15 years; wild pigs can live up to 25 years or more. Female pigs (sows) typically farrow a litter of 6 to 15 piglets, twice a year. Pigs can run up to 11 mph (17.7 km/h). Be careful around adult swine -- they can move quickly and are dangerous in certain situations: A sow protective of her offspring may attack if she percieves you as a threat, a boar may bite or slash with his tusks if he perceives you as a threat to his sows, and a person who has been knocked down by feeder hogs pushing and shoving around a trough can be trampled. READ MORE ABOUT ANIMALS |
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barrow boar farrow gilt hog piglet shoat sow suckling swine |
castrated male intact adult male (verb) to give birth to a litter of pigs / (noun) a litter of pigs adult female, prior to breeding a pig ready for market (> 180 pounds / 82 kg) infant pig newly weaned piglet adult female that has been farrowed unweaned (nursing) piglet (plural) pigs or hogs |
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