Male pigs are called boars, female pigs are called sows, and baby pigs are called piglets.
Pigs are noted for their intelligence, and trained pigs are used in parts of Europe to root for [[Truffle|trufflestruffle]]s.
[[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|dogsdog]]s, and the fat of the pig is [[lard]], the skin is often either deep fried or 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.
==Pigs In Literature==
[[File:PZ Myers and and the late Stephen J. Gould.jpg|thumbnail|200px|right|Two pigs feeding]]Pigs have often featured in works of fiction. Two particular examples are [[Animal Farm]] by [[George Orwell]], and the [[Blandings Castle]] novels by [[P.G. Wodehouse]] where the Empress of Blandings is a prize-winning sow. Another one is Piglet from the [[Winnie the Pooh]] stories. ==Other use of the term pigs==The term pig was also used as a pejorative, such as against law enforcement officials by 1960s radicals. This term was infamously used by [[Chelsea Clinton]], the daughter of then-President Bill Clinton, in reference to the Secret Service, with her claiming that her parents referred to the Secret Service as such.<ref>https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3029364/Book-Young-Chelsea-Clinton-called-Secret-Service-pigs-told-one-agent-s-mother-father-call-you.html</ref> The term also acted as a pejorative against Communists, presumably in reference to ''Animal Farm''. == Health risks of eating pork == *[[Health risks of eating pork]]
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