refers to the phrase, "long pig," a term for human flesh in cannibalism lore. Power and Hynes were inspired to create Long Pigs after Hynes heard a story...
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Human cannibalism (redirect from Long pig)
Lesser Antilles, whose name is the origin of the word cannibal, acquired a long-standing reputation as eaters of human flesh, reconfirmed when their legends...
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Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs, usually shortened to Pigs x7, are a British stoner metal band formed in Newcastle upon Tyne in 2012. Their debut album...
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distinct species by others. Pigs were domesticated in the Neolithic, both in East Asia and in the Near East. When domesticated pigs arrived in Europe, they...
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Miniature pigs, also called mini pigs or micro pigs, are small breeds of domestic pig. All domesticated pigs are descended from the European or Asian wild...
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The phrase "when pigs fly" (alternatively, "pigs might fly") is an adynaton—a figure of speech so hyperbolic that it describes an impossibility. The implication...
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are they closely related to pigs. Instead, they originated in the Andes region of South America, where wild guinea pigs can still be found today. Studies...
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Praises of the Pig"), Modena, 1761 Hams, pigs' trotters, sausages, and mortadella in Bologna, 2019 Wikiquote has quotations related to Pigs. Pigs have appeared...
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inlet in order to ensure pig's constant speed, whatever the flow pressure is. The pigs must be removed, as many pigs are rented, pigs wear and must be replaced...
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domestic pigs. They are found mostly in the Americas and Australia. Razorback and wild hog are sometimes used in the United States refer to feral pigs or boar–pig...
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of the 39 dishes served contain pigs' trotters. Following the Great Recession, there was a boom in popularity of pigs' trotters in the United Kingdom...
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between dancing pigs and security, users will pick dancing pigs every time. Bruce Schneier states: The user's going to pick dancing pigs over security every...
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Pig farming, pork farming, or hog farming is the raising and breeding of domestic pigs as livestock, and is a branch of animal husbandry. Pigs are farmed...
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Bay of Pigs: The Untold Story. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0671240066. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bay of Pigs Invasion. Bay of Pigs: Invasion...
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with a Tamworth sow to produce an animal that looks like the pig from long ago. Iron Age pigs are generally only raised in Europe for the specialty meat...
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Amnesia: A Machine for Pigs is a 2013 survival horror game developed by The Chinese Room and published by Frictional Games. Originally meant to be a mod...
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Peccary (redirect from New World pigs)
Peccaries (also javelinas or skunk pigs) are pig-like ungulates of the family Tayassuidae (New World pigs). They are found throughout Central and South...
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countries. Pigs are slaughtered at different ages. Generally they can be divided into piglets, which are 1.5 to 3 months old; the fattening pigs, intended...
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This is a list of notable pigs. Arnold was the Ziffels' pet pig on the TV sitcom Green Acres. He performed anthropomorphic activities such as coming uninvited...
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The Bay of Pigs (Spanish: Bahía de los Cochinos) is an inlet of the Gulf of Cazones, located on the southern coast of Cuba. By 1910 it was included in...
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Americans selectively breeding guinea pigs. This resulted in numerous landrace varieties of domestic guinea pigs, which have since become the foundation...
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zodiac) to avoid saying the "Pig". This is because pigs are haram (forbidden to eat) in Islam and therefore Muslims consider pigs unclean. Increasing numbers...
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based. Peppa and her family enjoy jumping in muddy puddles and snort like pigs during conversations in which they are speaking English. The other animals...
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This article contains a list of pigs in various categories of fiction, including pigs and warthogs. Madame Oink, an early guest star at Chuck E. Cheese's...
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Mangalica (redirect from Woolly-coated grazing pig)
of Serbia Miloš Obrenović sent 12 pigs of the autochthonous Serbian Šumadinka breed, ten sows and two boars. Pigs originally grown at the prince's Topčider...
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are the rest of the stricken Pigs taking off?". The Independent. Archived from the original on 2022-05-24. "Europe's PIGS: Country by country". BBC News...
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Wild boar (redirect from Old World pigs)
Wild Pig (Sus scrofa)". In Oliver, W. L. R. (ed.). Pigs, Peccaries, and Hippos – 1993 Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN SSC Pigs and Peccaries...
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become a general term for "roasted pig", and is used in reference to adult roasted pigs rather than to suckling pigs, with Cebu being asserted by American...
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countries, sometimes causing controversy. Pigs have long been featured in proverbial expressions: a "pig's ear", a "pig in a poke", as well as the Biblical...
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comic strip ran a seven-month-long continuation of Three Little Pigs called "The Further Adventures of the Three Little Pigs" from January 18 to August 23...
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