Friday, March 21, 2008

Random Information Friday

Pigs, that's todays topic for information Friday:

Celebrity Pigs: Miss Piggy, Piglet, Babe, Porky, Wilbur, Arnold Ziffle, Gordy, The 3 little pigs, Napoleon, Pippo.

Pigs do not have sweat glands so they roll around in mud to keep cool. (and to keep bugs from biting them)

A mother pig is called a sow, a father pig is called a boar, baby pigs are piglets and a group of pigs is called a herd.

There are pigs on every continent except Antarctica.

A pig's orgasm last 30 minutes.

All pigs have 44 teeth, can live up to 15 years, and are the fourth smarted animal group.

Insulin from the pancreas of pigs is used for diabetic humans.

3 comments:

Kofi said...

30 minutes, eh?

EsLocura said...

wng, I'm here to keep ya informed.

Kofi, kinda makes ya want to be a pig, huh?

NoRegrets said...

Huh - didn't know they were a herd. Lesson learned for the week!

 
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