Spare a little kindness for the pig. In medical science, pigs are considered our closest anatomical equivalents. Same lungs, same heart, near identical organ placements (at least when the specimen is laid on the table). While we often think of white mice, white rats and monkeys when it comes to animal testing of products, many of the drugs that save our lives were probably also tested on pigs. There's nothing like getting a really accurate picture of a drug's effect than testing it on an animal that happens to weigh as much as the average adult human.
We have the same overall speed and stamina as pigs, although they obviously can run quicker, we can run them down eventually because we expend energy slower, which is why pigs are the perfect animals for the age-old "chasing the greased pig" game. That game is fun because there is that possibility of the animal getting caught.
Pigs are impervious to snake venom. They can smell our B.O., bad breath, the skid marks on our underwear and pretty much everything, and yet it is us who cover our noses in their presence.
We eat them, and they don't retaliate. Well, they do, they eat a hole in our pockets and eventually clog the holes in our hearts.
Monday, April 26, 2010
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