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TOKYO, (AFP) - A fire at a farm in rural Japan killed 500 piglets when the wooden building in which they lived was razed, police said Friday. RELATED: Japan Zoo Tries to Drum Up Alligators' Interest in Sex The fire destroyed the 440 square-metre (4,700 square-feet) building in Hokota, 90 kilometres (55 miles) northeast of Tokyo on Thursday night, police said. RELATED: Donald Trump's Sons Photographed on Safari Killing Spree "We have not yet determined the cause of the fire, but heaters at the facility might have caused it," a spokesman for the Hokota police station said by telephone. "We don't know how the pigs will be disposed of." The piglets were worth about 12,000 yen ($140) each, ...
I've established a long history of piglet appreciation. There's just always been something about their little snouts, their piglet energy, their squeaky honking and snorting that I can't get enough of. Well, nothing's changed. Time has not eroded my love of piglets. Here's my new favorite little oinker. Hey, Spunky, how did you get in that sink, you little rascal? Now that you're in there, do you know how to get out? No? Then this is as good a time as any to get you nice and clean! ...
The description of the Kunekune pig that goes along with this YouTube video, explains that this New Zealand breed is "short-legged, short-snouted, and with a high fat depth giving very rounded body contours." Who knew that this combination of physical attributes would create, maybe, the most adorable baby piglets ever? Whether these little cuties are chewing grass and suckling from their mama, they couldn't look any happier. Except, perhaps, if they were getting a big old hug from us. But maybe we're projecting. Watch the video and let us know what you think in the comments below. ...