Pig facts

• Pigs are intelligent animals.
• Like humans, pigs are omnivores, meaning they eat both plants and other animals.
• A pig’s snout is an important tool for finding food in the ground and sensing the world around them.
• Pigs have an excellent sense of smell.
• There are around 2 billion pigs in the world.
• Humans farm pigs for meat such as pork, bacon and ham.
• Some people like to keep pigs as pets.
• Wild pigs (boar) are often hunted in the wild.
• In some areas of the world, wild boars are the main source of food for tigers.
• Feral pigs that have been introduced into new areas can be a threat to the local ecosystem.
• Pigs can pass on a variety of diseases to humans.
• Relative to their body size, pigs have small lungs.