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 PIG

Now a days farm without pig is not there. There are many types of pig, they are farm pig, wild pig, etc. farm pigs are bigger than the wild pigs and farm pigs have short hair in their body. Farm pigs live in the farms in indoor pens. Wild pigs are smaller than the farm pigs and wild pigs have more hair in their body. They live in the forest. Female pig is called as sows. Male pigs are called as boars. Baby pigs are called as piglets. Some of the male pigs have tusks (horns).

They use this to dig or to fight with other pigs. A male pig weighs more than a piano. A new born pig is heavier than a bag of sugar. Piglets can walk 10 minutes after they born. Sows have about 11 pigs and they get milk from their mother most of the time. An adult pig can almost eat everything. But most of the food for pig is from grains. Baby pigs get milk from their mother till 3 weeks. Pigs are used in many ways like meat. Their skin is used to make purses, gloves etc. Even baseball’s gloves made from this to keep them warm. The weight of every new born pig will be increased double once a week.

 

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