Sus barbatus Sus bucculentus Sus cebifrons Sus celebensis Sus omestica Sus falconeri† Sus heureni Sus hysudricus† Sus oliveri Sus philippensis Sus salvanius Sus scrofa Sus strozzi† Sus timoriensis Sus verrucosus

Trivia about pig

  • From 1905-7, Austria & Serbia fought an economic "war" over tariffs, such as over this porcine animal
  • One was bought at the market & brought "home again, home again, jiggety-jig!"
  • In 1999 Lulu, a plucky potbellied one of these, earned an ASPCA Trooper Award for saving her owner's life
  • The pot-bellied species of these can grow to over 100 pounds, others up to 1,000
  • Squealer, this type of "Animal Farm" animal, gets so fat he can barely see
  • The cheeks of this animal can be smoked, as its belly is smoked for bacon
  • A partner born under Porcus, the sign of this, may try to take more than his share
  • Porcine
  • It was the only animal raised purely for consumption; the snout was a particular delicacy
  • Schweinknochel, a German favorite, are this animal's knuckles
  • The Postal Service says not to mail meat from this animal to soldiers in Iraq
  • In 1993 Eugene Trivizas wrote the children's book "The Three Little Wolves and the Big Bad" this
  • Proverbs compares "A fair woman...without discretion" to a jewel in this animal's snout
  • "Charlotte's Web" is about a spider who becomes friends with Wilbur, one of these farm animals
  • Walter R. Brooks created Ed the talking horse (later seen on TV) & Freddy this talking farm animal
  • El puerco
  • The blood of this animal is one of the main ingredients in blood pudding
  • At NYC's Tisch Children's Zoo, a Vietnamese pot-bellied this is available for petting
  • Cochinita pibil, a classic Yucatan dish, is one of these cooked in a pib, or pit
  • A Poland China
  • Lupine means "like a wolf"; porcine means like this animal
  • In 1846 Joseph Leidy discovered that the worm Trichina is found in this animal
  • Davy Crockett said fame is "a shaved" this "with a greased tail" that slips through many hands before someone hangs on