Smart pigs

​Hello and welcome back to my blog. My name is Nevaeh Wormington. 

I’m going to be talking about how smart pigs are. 

When it comes to discussing animal intelligence, pigs often tend to be overlooked in favour of more commonly recognized intelligent species like dolphins, dogs, and primates. However, it may surprise you to learn that pigs are highly intelligent creatures.  
Pigs are smart in many ways. Pigs are one of the most intelligent animals. 
Pigs have advanced skills, including excellent long term memory, complex social intelligence, and even the capacity for empathy, allowing them to learn new tasks. 
This also helps with FFA and 4-H show pig to learn how to train and work with the animals. 
“Pigs are extraordinary animals with remarkable cognitive abilities. Recognizing and spreading awareness of their intelligence can lead to more compassionate and respectful treatment of these amazing animals.” Said https://www.worldanimalprotection.ca/blogs/how-smart-are-pigs/
 https://animalequality.org/blog/the-intelligence-of-pigs-comparable-to-that-of-elephants-and-dolphins/


Studies have shown that pigs can navigate mazes, distinguish between different objects, and even play simple video games with commendable accuracy! 
Pigs are very communicative—both with their fellow pen mates, and with humans. You may have heard about pigs’ impressive sense of smell, like the fact that they can detect a scent as deep as 25 feet underground. Well, their sensitive snouts also allow them to communicate with each other through information-packed pheromones.
You know that feeling of walking into a room of your friends, and you can just tell something is off, even if you don’t know why? Pigs do the same thing!
Yes, pigs can suffer, and in the factory farming system, they most certainly do. They feel pain, sadness, anxiety, isolation, and grief as a result of being treated like a commodity, and not like the emotionally complex, social, intelligent creatures they are.


https://www.worldanimalprotection.ca/blogs/10-facts-about-pigs/

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