Pinky And The Brain

Hehe…today’s topic is about pig. According to what I’d founded from my collection of Children’s Britannica, pigs are ungulates native to Eurasia collectively grouped under the genus Sus within the Suidae family.(Wow… scientific classification now I realized. I think my parents wanted me to become scientist more than just a science teacher)

Pigs are omnivores. On a small farm or in a large household, they can be fed kitchen scraps as part or all of their diet. In the wild, they are foraging animals. Because of their foraging abilities and excellent sense of smell, they are actually used to find truffles in many European countries. Do you guys know that pigs are one of the most intelligent mammals? And some, such as the Asian pot-bellied pig are kept as pet. They are even more trainable than dogs and cats. Haha…imagine you ‘pig-walk’ your pet in the neighbourhood, and playing frisbee with your pet, and bring it to your duck-hunt…so kewl!! Pigs skin are fragile and delicate, so they use mud as a form of sunscreen to protect their skin from sunburn. This must be why they always are looking rosy pink.

And I’ve come across some cultural references to pigs. Such as both Islam and Judaism forbid the eating of pork, considering it to be an unclean animal. In ancient Greece, a sow was an appropriate sacrifice to Demeter and had been her favorite animal since she had been the Great Goddess of archaic times. Initiates at the Eleusinian Mysteries began by sacrificing a pig. The pig is one of the 12-year cycle of animals which appear in the Chinese zodiac related to the Chinese calendar.

There are a lot of unflattering references and idioms involving pigs in many languages. Pigs are usually associated with lazy, stupid, obesity and greed. For your information, pig is also used as derogatory slang term for a police officer in many languages. So please obey if the pigs force you to do the ear-squat because the pigs are the most intelligent, but lazy, stupid and greedy mammals.

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