27 interesting facts about pigs

Pigs cannot look up.

Adult pigs weigh from 50 to 150 kilograms.

The fact that traditional piggy banks are made in the form of a pig is “guilty” of the consonance of two English words. The clay from which the first such products were once made was called «pygg». The pronunciation of this word completely coincided with «pig». And over time, manufacturers of piggy banks began to make them in the form of pigs.

Pig heart valves are ideal as replacements for worn-out human heart valves.

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