If you've been thinking why one would want to keep pigs as pets, here are nineteen reasons why pigs make great pets:

1. Pigs are the 3rd smartest animal alongside dolphins and chimpanzees
2. Pigs are hypoallergenic
3. Pigs don't sweat, so they need to wallow and bathe in water or mud to cool them down
4. Pigs are smart and with a little food encouragement they can learn many tricks
5. Pigs are actually very clean animals, they will not go to the bathroom where they eat/sleep
6. Piglets will choose a teat and will always go back to the same one
7. Pigs gestation period is 3 month, 3 weeks, 3 days
8. Pigs can swim
9. Pigs are very social and enjoy the company of each other (recommend buying in pairs)
10. The baby pigs’ mother sings to them when they are nursing through a series of soft, rhythmic grunting
11. Pigs have the ability to solve complex problems
12. Pigs can dream
13. Pigs have very good memories and don’t forget easily
14. Pigs understand and comprehend their own names
15. Pigs feel emotions and know the feelings of love, hate and forgiveness
16. Pigs learn from watching one another and also from watching us humans
17. Pigs have a keen sense of direction and can find their way home from a great distance
18. Pigs are a prey animal but they learn trust from humans
19. Pigs excel at video games that are difficult for a young child and sometimes they do better than the primates

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