After checking out Highlands blog with his pigs in his pond this question came to me. Can they swim?

Heather

YES

 

Every year on Yahoo, there are photos of an international "Pig Olympics." Swimming is one of the competitions. I haven't seen mine swim yet.

 

LOL! http://news.bbc.co.uk/cbbcnews/hi/newsid_4440000/newsid_4445800/4445869.stm

 

Didn't you see the movie "Babe" . I'm sure I recall the piggy swimming very well in that. Pigs can't fly, though they look funny with lipstick.
The expression "Lipstick on a Pig". Imagine a vision of that swimming.

 

I don't know but I suspect mine is practicing. Been raining for four days here, raining so hard this morning I could barely see the garage less than thirty feet away.

 

Look at them go!

rotflmao, isn't that the funniest thing you've ever seen?

 

WOW! I guess I just learned something new today. Maybe I'll have to take my pigs a few miles down the road and let them take a dip in the big lake! LOL

Heather

 

Yes pigs can indeed swim but have very poor endurance and poop out very quickly.

 

Darnit! I thought I had just found a way to keep my potbellies from getting fat: put them on an exercise program featuring a swim every day!

 

Every year on Yahoo, there are photos of an international "Pig Olympics." Swimming is one of the competitions. I haven't seen mine swim yet.

SYNCHRONIZED SWINE SWIMMING?????????????LOL

 

Yeah yeah! That's what the picture I posted is of. They also have hurdles and some sort of soccer. Thanks for letting us know, Tango. I'll look for next year's!

 

Ours can swim but they seem to prefer the jacuzzi

 

Ours can swim but they seem to prefer the jacuzzi

ROFL! Do they enjoy a trough of wine while soaking?

 

Look at them go!

rotflmao, isn't that the funniest thing you've ever seen?

And they are such cute piglets! Anyone know what kind they are? (Although I really should stop picking the cutest ones. )

 

ROFL! Do they enjoy a trough of wine while soaking?

Firefly could you accomodate us Northern Yanks and define ROFL?

MilkinPIgs has a 5-Litre Box of White Zinfandel plumbed to a nipple waterer,
Thus pre-marinating his pork products while they luxuriate in the Jacuzzi.

Firefly I can just see you taking Puerco and Sunshine weekending on the Outer Banks so they can swim and dig clams for you,- just be sure to make them work the oars on the rowboat from Morehead City out to the Shackleford Banks. If they have some White Zin with their clams, don't let them try to climb the lighthouse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing

 

ROFL = rolling on the floor laughing

Thank You Texas!

 

A pig can definitely swim but he can't swim indefinitely. ROFL

 

Firefly could you accomodate us Northern Yanks and define ROFL?

MilkinPIgs has a 5-Litre Box of White Zinfandel plumbed to a nipple waterer,
Thus pre-marinating his pork products while they luxuriate in the Jacuzzi.

Firefly I can just see you taking Puerco and Sunshine weekending on the Outer Banks so they can swim and dig clams for you,- just be sure to make them work the oars on the rowboat from Morehead City out to the Shackleford Banks. If they have some White Zin with their clams, don't let them try to climb the lighthouse!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I try to get them to man the oars but they keep whining that they don't have thumbs. Honestly, children can be so lazy and useless!

If I can figure out where to tie that tether I can walk them down to the river to catch some trout. But then someone said feeding fish was bad for their flavor. Well, enough wine should cure that problem! Either their flavor or my perception of it! (Except I think it should be red zin or a nice merlot--real pork is not a white meat.)

 

ROFL! Do they enjoy a trough of wine while soaking?

They like a good masssage the best; but i'm having a heck of a time trying to find someone to give them a pedicure.

 

But then someone said feeding fish was bad for their flavor. Well, enough wine should cure that problem! Either their flavor or my perception of it! (Except I think it should be red zin or a nice merlot--real pork is not a white meat.)

Reminds me of an HT member (whose name escapes me) with the sig line "I love cooking with wine. Sometimes I even put it in the food." rofl :baby04:

 

The photo posted by Xandra's Zoo is actually one of this year Pig Olympics. It is held in China. Follow her link (right click on the photo and it will give you the url at the properties line) to a few other photos from the competition One of the photo captions said they are a special breed of pig from Thailand. Miniature pig, I think....

 

Unfortunately this didn't work on my computer, and searching the Post's site didn't get me anywhere. But I did discover this! http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1703102273323236741 Be sure to check out the pig that adopted tthe puppies, too, in the right-hand column. BTW, teh Russians dominated the Olympics, as happens so often!

The photo posted by Xandra's Zoo is actually one of this year Pig Olympics. It is held in China. Follow her link (right click on the photo and it will give you the url at the properties line) to a few other photos from the competition One of the photo captions said they are a special breed of pig from Thailand. Miniature pig, I think....

 

Sorry Firefly, actually you osted the link to the Pig Olympics! Xandra's zoo's photo is from the same group but comes fromthe Washington Post. Sorry 'bout that.

 

But can they sail?

Remember that every year, more people are killed by pigs than by sharks.

Dan