Pig

Pigs are omnivorous mammals originally native to Europe. Bacon, pork, often in the form of sausages, and ham come from pigs. Pigs have long snouts with flattened ends, curly tails, and are typically pink in color. Feral pigs, however, rapidly revert to the dark and bristly form of the wild boar, from which domestic pigs are derived.

Male pigs are called boars, female pigs are called sows, and baby pigs are called piglets.

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 are surprisingly intelligent, and trained pigs are used in parts of Europe to root for truffles. The Vietnamese pot-bellied pig is a small house-trained variety, which is kept indoors so that mosquitos bite it in preference to the human residents.

Biblical View

By rule of the Book of Leviticus, eating pigs or even handling their hide is an abomination. , "...the swine, though he divide the hoof, and be clovenfooted, yet he cheweth not the cud; he is unclean to you. Of their flesh shall ye not eat, and their carcase shall ye not touch; they are unclean to you." (Leviticus 11:7-11:8).