10 of the most famous in the history of the pigs

1. Unnamed pigs 1784-5 nameless pig has been exhibited in London, nicknamed Pig Post doctorate (Learned pig). Pig could answer the questions, choosing the right cards with words and solve math problems. Later unnamed pig were named Toby. The ad has been said that she is able to read minds.

In 1859, the nameless pig, owned by British subjects, got into someone's garden on San Juan Island, Washington. The result is that she was killed, triggering a military conflict between the United States and Great Britain over the borders.

2. Curly malchikV March 1901 in the local newspaper «Rushville Times» the city of Rushville, Illinois, published an article about pyatisotkilogrammovoy slaughtered pig. Rebuttal was later published in Schuyler County, Illinois: "Title" Curly boy stabbed to death "caused an unexpected stir among readers of the newspaper" Rushville Times ". Incorrectly written headline introduced readers astray, who decided that there was the brutal murder of curly child. »

3. NeptunKorol King Neptune (May 16, 1942 - May 14, 1950) pig sold at the auction of the US Navy. Raised $ 19 million. Dollars spent on the bonds for the construction of the battleship USS Illinois. In honor of the pigs were raised at least two monuments.

4. TirpitsSvinya nicknamed Tirpitz - the trophy of the British Navy after the sea battle of the Falkland Islands in 1914. Later she became the mascot of the cruiser HMS Glasgow.

5. MaksPorosёnok Max (1987 - 1 December 2006) was a pupil of George Clooney. He often slept in a bed Clooney. He is credited with saving the life of an actor when Max woke up famous actor before the earthquake in Northridge January 16, 1994. In 2006, a pig traveled aboard a private jet John Travolta.

6. PigasusPigasus run for president of the United States Yippie Party (Youth International Party, Yippies - Youth International Party) in 1968 at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

7. A couple TamvortParochka Tamworth - two pigs named Cassidy and the Sundance escaped during unloading from a truck in a slaughterhouse in the English town of Malmesbury, Wiltshire in January 1998. Pigs have been on the run for a week, and their quest caused a huge stir in the media and the public interest, both in England and abroad.

8. KabzillaKabana Kabzillu (Hogzilla) was shot dead in Georgia on June 17, 2004. Presumably he was 3, 6 meters long and weighed 450 kg. Scientists have found that actually Kabzilla weighed 360 kg and length was "only" 2, 4 m.

9. Big BillMirovoy record weight still takes Big Bill, which belonged to Elias Buford Butler Jackson from Tennessee. It weighed 1157 kg in 1933. Bill had to show at the Chicago World's Fair, but unfortunately, the boar had broken his leg. Around the same time, the trend in the production of pigs began to move to a more modest size.

10. Boar Boar TonKitaysky Tone weighing as much as 900 kg died due to obesity February 4, 2004. He was sent to the Agriculture Museum in Shenyang, Liaoning.

Source: www.strannoe.info

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