34456 Y94 Exactly the same evolutionary logic.....

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SHAPES
THE LIVES
OF PIGS, SOWS
AND PIGLETS IN HUMAN-
CONTROLLED FARMS? In order to survive
and reproduce in the wild, ancient boars needed to roam vast territories,
familiarise themselves with their environment and beware of traps & predators!
They further needed to communicate and cooperate with their fellow boars, forming
complex groups dominated by old and experienced matriarchs... Evolutionary pressures
consequently made wild boars - and even more so wild sows - highly intelligent social animals,
characterised by a lively curiosity and strong urges to socialise, play, wander about and explore
their surroundings!? A sow born with some rare mutation that her made indifferent to her
environment and to other boars was unlikely to survive or reproduce. The descendants
of wild board - domesticated pigs - inherited their intelligence, curiosity & social skills.
Like wild boars, domesticated pigs communicate using a rich variety of vocal & olfactory
signals: mother sows recognise the unique squeaks of their piglets, whereas two-day-old piglets
already differentiate their mother's calls from those of other sows. Professor Stanley Curtis
of the Pennsylvania State University trained two pigs - named Hamlet
& Omelette - to control a special joystick with their
snouts, and found that the pigs
soon rivalled primates in
learning & playing
simple computer
games.
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