Re: Re: stephs recipe for flush - ******2nd Request - Take Pigs to OT group*******

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Re: Re: stephs recipe for flush

> That may be so, but doesn't change all the other

> facts. A tame pig will turn feral if it gets out

> of a pen and gets with other wild pigs. The

> process can take less than a month. They start

> growing coarser thicker hair and etc. No one said

> pigs are dumb animals, I know how smart they are.

> They're not stupid. There's not much you can tell

> me about pigs. My Dad raised them, between 200 and

> 500 at a time depending on the number of sows we

> had with litters. I know pigs. We had a boar with

> big curling tusks that had to be a cross between a

> farm bred and a wild boar. That boar was big

> enough that his back was as higher than my Dad's

> waist, the biggest boar I've ever seen up close

> and personal, and he was mean as a snake. We were

> told never to enter the pig pen by ourselves while

> that pig was in the pen. That pig also led all the

> great escapes, LOL. He killed a lot of piglets

> too, we had to get to the sows and move them to a

> separate enclosure as soon as the farrows were

> born or that boar would kill them. He got my Dad

> more than once, pinned him up against the side of

> the fence and bit the snot out of him. Dad had a

> huge bruise on his thigh once that stayed there

> for weeks. The only thing that saved him a really

> nasty bite was that he was wearing jeans,

> overalls, and hip waders at the time, and that

> darned pig's mouth was still big enough to almost

> get my Dad's whole upper thigh in his mouth. Those

> saved him from the teeth but not the pressure.

>

> Also our pigs had plenty of access to clean straw,

> water, and other materials and they still created

> a stinky muddy wallowing hole that they took the

> greatest pleasure in wallowing in. They would

> wallow and cover themselves in mud, the mud

> protected them from the heat of the day in the

> summer. I used to spend hours watching those pigs.

>

> But this is getting way off topic. If you want to

> talk pigs let's move it to the OT list

>

> Bethann

>

> " The greatest enemy of knowledge is not

> ignorance...it is the illusion of knowledge "

> ~ Hawking

>

> Baker wrote:

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>> > Nowadays they keep

>> >pigs fenced in and feed them grains and other

>> >stuff, but they still tend to get degenerative

>> >diseases, arthritis, and such because of the

>> >problems they have getting rid of toxins.

>>

>> I think most biblical scholars say that in some cases practical reasons

>> for

>> the dietary restrictions can be identified, but not all can be

>> rationalized

>> that way. So really the answer is, both.

>>

>> I don't eat pork so I can't contribute to the conversation about that.

>> But,

>> just quickly, I'm not sure where this info is coming from but I'm not

>> sure

>> it's true. I keep two pet pigs and know a little about them. Farm pigs

>> have

>> been bred to be way too big for their organs and their legs, and that has

>> resulted in some of the arthritis and heart issues they can have. It's

>> really not true that their toxins stay in them because they don't sweat--

>> urination and defecation are two routes-- and a lot of other animals do

>> not

>> sweat-- most do not. However, smaller pigs are being studied in science

>> labs because of their amazing capacity for healing-- pigs heal themselves

>> from skin cancers, among other wonders. Science wants to know why they

>> are

>> such amazing healers and is doing all kinds of things to them to find

>> out. To the pigs' regret, no doubt.

>>

>> They are also fastidious in their habits if they have enough room to

>> create

>> separate areas for sleeping, eating, bathing, and excreting. They are the

>> 4th smartest animal group, starting with humans, apes, whales and

>> dolphins,

>> and then pigs.

>>

>> --

>>

>> ~~~ There is no way to peace; peace is the way ~~~~

>> --A.J. Muste

>>

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