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Pigs are surprisingly intelligent, and trained pigs are used in parts of Europe to root for [[truffle]]s. The [[Vietnam]]ese pot-bellied pig is a small house-trained variety, which is kept indoors so that [[mosquito]]s bite it in preference to the human residents.
 
Pigs are surprisingly intelligent, and trained pigs are used in parts of Europe to root for [[truffle]]s. The [[Vietnam]]ese pot-bellied pig is a small house-trained variety, which is kept indoors so that [[mosquito]]s bite it in preference to the human residents.
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[[Bacon]], pork, often in the form of [[sausages]], and ham come from pigs.  
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[[Bacon]], pork, often in the form of the [[sausage]] and ham come from pigs. [[Pigs' trotters]] are a delicacy in northern England, dried [[pigs' ears]] are readily available as a treat for [[dog]]s, and the fat of the pig is baked and sold as [[pork scratchings]] in UK [[pubs]].  It is said that everything of the pig can be eaten, with the exception of the oink.  
 
Footballs are traditionally made from a pig's skin, and for the earliest ballgames, an inflated pig's [[bladder]] was used for a ball.  
 
Footballs are traditionally made from a pig's skin, and for the earliest ballgames, an inflated pig's [[bladder]] was used for a ball.  
  
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