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PIG MONKEY!!!

Category: monkeypig
Posted on: July 25, 2008 2:45 PM, by ableiman

Oh good God. We are reprinting this article in its entirety from the Orange News because it is just too good. Check it!

Curious locals flocked to the home of owner Feng Changlin after news of the piglet spread in Fengzhang village, Xiping township.

"It's hideous. No one will be willing to buy it, and it scares the family to even look at it!" Feng told Oriental Today.

He says the piglet looks just like a monkey, with two thin lips, a small nose and two big eyes. Its rear legs are also much longer than its forelegs, causing it to jump instead of walk.

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Feng's wife said the monkey-faced piglet was one of five newborns of a sow which the family had raised for nine years.

"My God, it was so scary. I didn't known what it was. I was really frightened," she said.

"But our son likes to play with it, and he stopped us from getting rid of it. He even feeds it milk."

Neighbours have suggested the couple keep the piglet to see how it looks as it matures.

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1

Looks as if it has holoprosencephaly, perhaps due to a sonic hedgeHOG mutation.

Posted by: Barn Owl | July 25, 2008 3:36 PM

2

If that's the case, the pig may not live for very long.

Posted by: synapse | July 25, 2008 4:42 PM

3

man i'd love a pet pig-monkey...until it got be a 400 pound pig-monkey.

Posted by: megan | July 25, 2008 5:12 PM

4

Poor thing. :(

Posted by: Samia | July 25, 2008 5:23 PM

5

Chinese Pig-Monkey could make a "Journey to the West" all by himself.

Posted by: HP | July 25, 2008 7:02 PM

6

How Bizarre!

Posted by: sizzyphus | July 25, 2008 9:00 PM

7

Oh my.. I thought this was a tasteless photoshop joke.

Posted by: y | July 26, 2008 2:17 AM

8

This is all the convincing any traveler should need not to drink the water in China.

Posted by: Ratna | July 26, 2008 5:09 PM

9

He is cute! Looks like soemthing out of Star Wars. Have there been UFO sightings in the area? (Alien Pig Hybrid)

Posted by: b | July 28, 2008 8:22 AM

10

Yikes.

Posted by: Zach Miller | July 28, 2008 7:54 PM

11

I think Chef made it quite clear that pig and elephant DNA just don't mix. The literature is unclear on pig and monkey DNA.

Posted by: jr | July 29, 2008 5:24 PM

12

i think its really cute. i want one.

Posted by: jenna | September 24, 2009 2:00 PM

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