Pigs
David Shepherd
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Signed, limited edition prints, "Pigs"
Two signed limited editions featuring pigs.
'Mrs P and the kids', a rather cute and old world painting of a sow and her children relaxing in some abandoned old house that had been bricked up and turned into a makeshift pigsty.
and 'Porkers'.. looks like the whole family and relations have turned out to see the newcomers.
The pig (Sus domesticus), often called swine, hog, or domestic pig when distinguishing from other members of the genus Sus, is an omnivorous, domesticated even-toed ungulate.
It is variously considered a subspecies of the Eurasian boar or a distinct species, but the American Society of Mammalogists considers it the latter.
The pig's head-plus-body length ranges from 0.9 to 1.8 m (3 to 6 ft), and adult pigs typically weigh between 50 and 350 kg (110 and 770 lb), with well-fed individuals even exceeding this range.
The size and weight of hogs largely depends on their breed. Compared to other artiodactyls, a pig's head is relatively long and pointed.
Most even-toed ungulates are herbivorous, but pigs are omnivores, like their wild relative.
Pigs grunt and make snorting sounds.