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smarter than your dog, cleaner than your roommate, and built like a furry tank

means A stout, intelligent, hoofed farm animal raised for meat, also kept as a pet, and proverbially associated with mud, appetite, and squealing.

from From Middle English 'pigge,' originally meaning a young pig, of uncertain ultimate origin — Old English left us 'picga' in a compound but its deeper roots are murky. For centuries the grown animal was a 'swine' (related to Latin 'sus' and the source of 'sow'), while 'pig' crept up from the nursery word for the little ones until it took over the whole sty.

big brain
outsmarts dogs and most toddlers at puzzles
no sweat
can't sweat, so they wallow to cool down
orgasm length
boar climax can last 30 minutes
navy veteran
a sow once held the rank of sergeant
snout power
can smell things 25 feet underground
for instance

babe — pig who herded sheep in 1995 australian film, became cultural icon

napoleon — pig character in orwell's animal farm, represents stalin

wilbur — pig protagonist in e.b. white's charlotte's web, published 1952

peppa pig — british animated character since 2004, watched by millions of children

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