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Vaccinated—Injected with a drug that helps prevent disease. venom—Poison produced by some snakes. weaned—A mammal that has moved from nursing from its mother to adult-style feeding. 43 Find Out More Books Dalgleish, Sharon. Pigs (Farm Animals). Philadelphia: Chelsea Clubhouse, 2005. King-Smith, Dick. All Pigs Are Beautiful. Cambridge, MA: Candlewick Press, 2008. Ray, Hannah. Pigs (Down on the Farm). Laguna Hills, CA: QEB Publishing, 2006. Searl, Duncan. Pigs (Smart Animals). New York: Bearport Publishing, 2006.
Endangered—Threatened by extinction. extinct—Having died out, gone forever. farrow—To give birth to pigs. feral—Back in the wild after being domesticated. gilt—A female pig that has not yet had babies. glands—Organs that produce chemicals in the body. 40 gore—To pierce something, often with a tusk or a horn. herbivore—An animal that eats only plants or plant materials. herd—Groups of animals, such as wild hogs, that live together. intestines—Long tubes below the stomach that digest food. litter—A group of animals that an animal gives birth to at one time.
Pigs (Down on the Farm). Laguna Hills, CA: QEB Publishing, 2006. Searl, Duncan. Pigs (Smart Animals). New York: Bearport Publishing, 2006. Tait, Leia. Potbellied Pig (Caring for Your Pet). New York: Weigl Publishers, 2006. org 45 Index Page numbers for illustrations are in boldface. Africa, 8, 10, 29 African forest hog, 10, 10 Asia, 6, 8, 11, 29, 31, 37 fighting, 24, 25, 29 food, 6, 14, 17, 18, 27, 37 France, 17 Babe (movie), 38, 39 blood, 34 boars, 21 See also wild boars bones, 34 gilts, 21 glands, 35 Central America, 8 China, 6, 30 chitterlings, 33 cleanliness, 5–6, 39 communication, 17, 19 cooling off, 4, 5, 6 diseases, 29–31, 35 dogs, 6, 7, 17, 36, 38 dwarf pigs, 36 eating, 14, 14–18, 18, 23 England, 36, 37 Europe, 6, 8, 37 farmers, 17, 21–23 farms, 6, 24, 30, 32 farrowing, 21 fat, pig, 34 feet, 9, 12 hair, 13, 34, 34 Hawaii, 38 herbivores, 10 hogs, 12 wild, 8, 10, 10, 29 See also pigs India, 36 intelligence, 6, 17, 36, 39 Italy, 17 Jewish people, 33 leather, 34 litters, 21, 24 mating, 21, 24 meat from pigs, 6, 9, 24, 29, 31, 33, 37 Mexico, 8 milk, pig's, 22 Muslims, 33 46 New Zealand, 38 omnivores, 15 organs, 35, 35 peccaries, 8, 12, 12 People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA), 24 pets, pigs as, 6, 7, 11, 36, 36–37, 39 piglets, 6, 20, 20–24, 22, 23 wild, 8, 24–27, 26, 37 pigs, 4, 7, 16, 18, 31, 38 bodies of, 9–13 breeds of, 9–11 domestic, 6, 11, 12, 14, 17, 29, 37–38 history of, 6, 8 life cycle of, 21–27 products from, 33–35 wild, 6, 8, 10, 10, 24–26, 29, 37, 38 pigskin, 34 Poland China pig, 9, 9 pork.