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bophed t1_jdcg2tr wrote

The happiness expressed with that little tail as she enters the bed!

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screeling1 t1_jdcmbhi wrote

"I smell bacon. Does anyone else smell bacon?"

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Dart_Dukii t1_jdcv53p wrote

I always wondered : are these pet pigs normal piglets or some special house breed?

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GranumX t1_jdcy3l7 wrote

All fun and games until it grows up and gets ditched…

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EVASIVEroot t1_jdd98hk wrote

Replying to Dart_Dukii (#2,317,981)

They go by many different names but there are slightly smaller breeds.

It's for sure a pig though, just a little smaller and they can get up to 200 lbs which is still a monster pig. I've heard of people deliberately misleading people by selling "tea cup" pigs that are just under fed pot belly pigs that end up getting giant.

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Digital_Individual t1_jddlmgq wrote

Funny enough my dog has a pig toy which she carries around just like this

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Spiritual-Parking570 t1_jddpy0j wrote

I'm not Muslim. I'm not vegan. I talk to animals. pigs are too smart to eat. my neighbors pig was loose, and i told her to get back in her pen and she just walked right back in. i had been talking to her for about a minute before i told her, and she was grunting back. maybe random, but she didn't walk away from me after. she turned and looked at me. If an animal i have never had any interaction with can understand words and commands from a stranger that means they have some grasp of language. pigs are so much smarter than chickens.

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OkayRuin t1_jddxbnu wrote

Replying to schoolruler (#2,319,320)

Up to 200 lbs. I can’t believe people are still falling for the “teacup pig” schtick. They’re just regular potbelly piglets. There was a shelter crisis in the 90s when this craze first took off. I’ve seen “care information” brochures from some modern breeders, and they give very specific information about how much the pig should be fed; it’s literally telling them to malnourish the pig without the new owners realizing it. Chronic malnourishment is the only way these pigs will only grow to the advertised 60 lbs.

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Admiral_Dildozer t1_jddynxe wrote

Replying to GranumX (#2,318,297)

I have two pigs and they are seriously so cute and sweet when they’re tiny. But they grow up pretty fast and become very hard to manage. Pigs are smart and very social, if you don’t spend time with them and give them activities, they will get very destructive and mean.

They also can live 15-20 years with a healthy diet and lifestyle so be prepared for the long run if you do take one in!

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Divilnight t1_jde04gu wrote

Am I the only one more interested in the fact that she also has a pig plushie as big as her?!

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MrPopTarted t1_jde0ix3 wrote

I love how instead of turning slightly to the left, she turns all the way around to the right.

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MafiaMommaBruno t1_jde3tqj wrote

Friendly reminder that pigs are scientifically much, much smarter than dogs and have a larger emotional range. If you have the space and the time, they're amazing pets.

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RixirF t1_jde5icy wrote

So will this pig also be abandoned when it grows to full size?

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lyinggrump t1_jde9jp7 wrote

Mmm she's going to grow up to be one delicious hog.

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JankyJokester t1_jded6ty wrote

Man these videos really get me torn on how damn adorable bacon is.

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__PETTYOFFICER117__ t1_jdee240 wrote

Replying to [deleted] (#2,322,445)

They are - and the people making that comment are typically advocating for abstaining eating pigs (or other animals) and would agree that malnourishment or keeping them as a pet when you don't have the space for a full-size pig is wrong.

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lucymom1961 t1_jdeefwn wrote

Replying to Admiral_Dildozer (#2,321,991)

I read an article about a pig in Alaska that kept getting out of his pen and went into town exploring. He was known by most of the townfolk, so he got home safely. He even got taken home by the police at one point!

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__PETTYOFFICER117__ t1_jdef8e8 wrote

Replying to Spiritual-Parking570 (#2,321,067)

If you can recognize that pigs are too smart to eat, where do you draw the line? I personally went vegan when I saw a video of horrific abuses happening at a dairy farm and realized I couldn't contribute to that in any way, and subsequently began questioning my justification for any animal products I consumed.

Then it became a game of "if I'm not eating this why am I okay eating this".

Some cows are just as smart as some pigs or dogs. And if you begin to examine the moral considerations involved in measuring intelligence to determine if a being deserves to live, for me that was what led to just going full vegan.

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JaggedSuplex t1_jdegf6g wrote

Replying to __PETTYOFFICER117__ (#2,323,618)

I’ve been dealing with this since I got a dog. I’ve found it very difficult to honestly say I’m an animal lover while consuming them. Being able to buy meat at the store or at a restaurant makes it easy to ignore how it got there. I hope lab grown meat becomes a viable option soon

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YoShake t1_jdel66t wrote

There's a bigger "fish" in that piggy's bed (´･ᴗ･ ` )

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grammarpopo t1_jdenhv6 wrote

Replying to Spiritual-Parking570 (#2,321,067)

I agree. I’m Jewish-ish so technically shouldn’t eat pork. But I don’t eat pork because I raised pigs as a kid and teen, and they are so much fun, so smart, and so cute I couldn’t bring myself to send them to the place they were supposed to go. I was too attached. But I was forced to, so I just stopped raising them and eating them. I love pigs of all sizes.

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grammarpopo t1_jdeo6je wrote

Replying to __PETTYOFFICER117__ (#2,323,618)

I too have worked at dairies and hate that industry with a passion. I mostly don’t drink milk or other dairy, and will stop completely with the new genetically engineered products that are available and soon becoming available. I’m sorry for dairy farmers, but it is an industry that needs to go out of business for many reasons - animal abuse, environmental damage, worker safety, nuisance and not-so-nuisance odors in addition to their massive global warming impact.

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Dana07620 t1_jdeoual wrote

Watching that tail wag, I'm sitting here thinking, "Thank god, I gave up pork back in the 1980s."

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wtfduud t1_jdeteax wrote

Replying to xLosTxSouL (#2,324,883)

Because when it gets large it just becomes impractical to treat it like a dog. An adult pig is 6 times heavier than a Great Dane.

At best it gets stuck outside tied to a pole, watching the family through the windows.

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aLmightyWave t1_jdez6o3 wrote

Bro I was wondering why your dog looked so weird for like 10 seconds until I realized it's a cute pig 😭

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tundar t1_jdf9dzc wrote

Replying to xLosTxSouL (#2,324,883)

Because a lot of people don’t do research and a lot of pot-bellied pig breeders lie and say that they’re ‘teacup pigs’ (which don’t exist) that are going to stay tiny and cute.

PSA that all mini pigs are just baby pigs that will become big huge pigs that weight 100lbs+ and as much as a 1000lbs.

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skpicky t1_jdfc37b wrote

I'm curious OP: If this is indeed your video, and therefore your pig, is the pig housebroken and how did that go?

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but_why_is_it_itchy t1_jdfv68t wrote

Replying to skpicky (#2,326,994)

I don’t think you understand what they’re saying at all.

“This animal is sentient and doesn’t deserve to be factory farmed into an existence of nothing but immense suffering just to be my snack.”

“Yeah, but they can’t talk like me, tho…bacon”

If sentience or intelligence doesn’t affect your choices then why on earth would language acquisition make any difference?

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OkayRuin t1_jdg1e13 wrote

Replying to PolarisC8 (#2,325,133)

I would argue that intelligence is not the only quotient for whether an animal should be eaten or not. In the case of dogs, they’ve been bred over 10,000 years specifically to serve as companion animals. They feel an adoration and affection toward humans that other animals do not.

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Nekokamiguru t1_jdg58ly wrote

Replying to OkayRuin (#2,321,862)

When that craze happened loads of people got piglets near where I lived at the time , but they grew up to full sized pigs and since we live in a rural area most of them ended up as bacon. since there was nowhere to keep them except with the other pigs.

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Zarkanthrex t1_jdgc6wh wrote

Replying to OkayRuin (#2,321,862)

Sadly it's the same for birds. Before I even wanted one, I made damn sure to look up how annoying they are. I still love my Pepper but, damn do I sometimes need to feel like I wanna walk away. Then I just let her scream into my ear everyday because she's still better than some humans. That, and I willingly submitted to the fact that parrots are awesome and the squawking is just a part of it like a baby that cries 24/7 lol.

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Jusfiq t1_jdh2avg wrote

Please update in couple of years on r/meat or r/food when she is bacon or ham.

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RuinWMD t1_jdh7z18 wrote

They really are just like puppies! (tasty puppies)

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cowofnard t1_jdhbcv7 wrote

Aaahhh what’s its name? Pls say it’s Bacon

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Konocti t1_jdi93e6 wrote

Replying to OkayRuin (#2,321,862)

That and pigs are herd animals, and need constant company or they can get depressed/aggressive. So they need another pig or two for companionship, and a TON of space to live in as they require constant excercise and room to roam.

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muffahoy t1_jdlvl5t wrote

Fuck I love pigs. Cute as fuck. And delicious.

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