Domestic pig

Facts

• There are around 2 billion pigs in the world.
• In Denmark there are twice as many pigs as people.
• Pigs have four toes on each foot but they only walk on two.
• An adult pig can run eleven mph.
• Pigs have 15,000 taste buds. Humans have 9,000.
• Pigs drink up to 14 gallons of water every day.
• Pigs prefer water to mud.
• Pigs can’t sweat.

INFO:

COMMON NAME: Domestic Pig

SCIENTIFIC NAME: Sus scrofa domesticus

TYPE: Mammals

DIET: Omnivore

AVERAGE LIFE SPAN: 15 to 20 years