NATURE’s The Joy of Pigs explores the extraordinary variety and success of these often misunderstood mammals.
Pigs may be in vogue today among filmmakers and Beverly Hills society matrons, who stroll around with potbellied porkers while shopping on Rodeo Drive. But this ubiquitous animal has been around since before the Ice Age — and in some parts of the world, pigs have been treated like stars for centuries.
The surprising allure of this creature in all its astonishing varieties is the subject of The Joy of Pigs The program guides viewers around the globe for a look at exotic wild pigs and an exploration of the different roles that domesticated pigs play in human societies.
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Online content for The Joy of Pigs was originally posted November 1996.
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your awesome i love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I think it is so funny! I like it because I like them to.
People call me a pig
we are sponsering this website as we are making our own wepage lol u all suck
i love pigs they are so cute
I know I have been called a pig before too! thats why I think that a pig would be the best pig ever! I could have some one to eat everything with…
Well not everything.
your crasy lil bigfoot for saying the joy of pigs
jmk thinks that pigs are fat
i like pigs
poeple who actually have time to make this website have no life. also who uses that kind of vocabulary? i mean i understand your supposed to use goo vocabulary, but not the kind of words nobody has ever heard of!
i freakin love pigs they are awsome !!!!!!!!!
………and they are not fat ……..just over wait …….
Ophelia, the only reason you’ve never heard of those words is because you’re an idiot! Read a book sometime! Don’t be blissful in your ignorance your whole life! Oh, yeah, and pigs rule!!!
pigs are my faverite animal i have 5,643
awww i think that is so cute the piggy wit the globe.lol
Okay so my question is, what’s the point of this? Seriously. What? Why would someone want to learn about pigs? Much less take the time to use these big words. My friend and I seriously laughed so hard reading this crap.
And fyi. You guys aren’t very good at spelling and grammar. No offense.
Wow.. Whoever made this website really has no life. The picture at the top is cute though.. I’ll give you that. :) But seriously. Why? Is there a point?
no one reads these kinds of things. if yall think that this website is stupid, why are yall even here, i dont know why im even here. peace out. :p
p.s. pigs are fat lards, i wonder why people call yall that (wink, wink, hint, hint)
I love pigs! I’m buying myself a miniature one very soon.
olphilia needs to calm down and understand the excitment a cute little pig can bring unto your life.
I love pigs!! I want 1 so bad! They can bring alot of joyfulness!
ps. I think #5, #11, #12, #14, #15, #20, and #21 actully know what they are talking about. the rest of yall have lost your minds.
pigs rok
pigs r smelly and fat but kool yeeah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! marvalus
I work with thousands of the curious lil turds. I have very mixed feelings about them but I see and deal with all aspects of mass production.
pigs are rather strange, i admit but they are still kinda cute in their owns little way.
pigs are rather strange, i admit but they are still kinda cute in their own little ways.
i love pig everthing i do has to be about a pig
I luv pigs,my family has a puppy that we call piglet because she looks like a piglet!:]
i HATE pigs!!! well, i actually eat them everyday for breakfast and lunch…so i guess i do like pigs. but they have to be DEAD for me to eat them!!!! :)
i am a big fan of pigs!
i have a pig he sleeps in my house, hes potty trained, and hes kind of evil. the other day he ran into the house bit me on the leg and ran out. i screamed he screamed. but they are very smart animals definately smarter than dogs and by the way i have 4 large dogs and the are like my children.
I just purchased 2 pigs, 4 days ago they where born feb 4th 09 , never thought that I Would have a pig but 2 of them , Money well spent they are pretty cool pigs, alought its only been about 4 days ago , they are starting to smell our hands to get to know us . How long will it take to pet them and for them to not be so afraid, ant other advice to help us please share thank you!
i love pigs !
hi, pigs are so cool
hiii piggys are cool
hey you guys you should not be saying bad things about pigs alot of people are getting sick from them and alot of people are killing them maybe we should help!
Pigs are sooooooo awesome I think they are awesome I worship then
i think pigs are good to eat!!!!!!!!!
Dear Nature,
I was wondering If you guys have ever considered putting an age restriction on the comment section. That way the little kids who are confused by the big words will not bother us with their annoying comments.
lol if you weren’t interested in pigs then why are you here even,and some of us research pigs get a grip on yourself there is something good in every animal even humans lol
love to eat pork and belief to commit sin is the situation in BHUTAN i believe it is same love to eat or commit to sin
wow that person does not know how to spell over weight! Pigs are stupid. I cant beleive they spent there time on this stupid website!No way im not going to help
I dont see why someone would have a pig as a pet. Isnt it kind of strange…. “How many dogs do you have?”, “Oh, I dont have any dogs, but I have two pigs.” Pigs are alright, not the best though.
omg it is soooo cute!!!! One thing im worried about is the pigglet carrying H1N1 :[
I have razorback piglet.. That someone found in the woods and sold to me as a half potbelly lol yeah right… But I love my pet pig Charlotte she’s extremely intelligent and she’s only 3 months old. She loves my dog, cat and the chickens. She’s a wonderful companion and loves to be scratched behind the ear. pigs are wonderful!
Pigs are soo cute i alwas wanted won
pigs are so cute and they are fun to play with
It’s a misconception that pigs are smarter than dogs. Perpetrated by anticruelty and ignorant people who want them to be something more than a food source! People need to stop regurgitating the crap the read from other boards, yahoo answers, etc! Researchers have found that dogs are better at certain task and pigs are better at others. So pig lovers need to stop trying to persuade us that pigs are so intelligent. However I do love pigs! Especially when they are on my plate!
Porkrinds, I don’t think how smart an animal is should have anything to do with how we treat. We should treat it based on its capacity to feel pain. Pigs can clearly feel pain. There’s nothing wrong with eating pigs as meat because we need meat to stay alive, but we should kill them in a humane manner, we should minimize their pain as much as we can.