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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.
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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Comments
Looks as if it has holoprosencephaly, perhaps due to a sonic hedgeHOG mutation.
Posted by: Barn Owl | July 25, 2008 3:36 PM
If that's the case, the pig may not live for very long.
Posted by: synapse | July 25, 2008 4:42 PM
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
Poor thing. :(
Posted by: Samia | July 25, 2008 5:23 PM
Chinese Pig-Monkey could make a "Journey to the West" all by himself.
Posted by: HP | July 25, 2008 7:02 PM
How Bizarre!
Posted by: sizzyphus | July 25, 2008 9:00 PM
Oh my.. I thought this was a tasteless photoshop joke.
Posted by: y | July 26, 2008 2:17 AM
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
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
Yikes.
Posted by: Zach Miller | July 28, 2008 7:54 PM
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
i think its really cute. i want one.
Posted by: jenna | September 24, 2009 2:00 PM
its U G L Y !!!!
Posted by: Yo Mama ! | December 17, 2009 3:21 PM
I thought this was a horrible photoshop joke! It might not live for very long, poor thing.
Posted by: --- | March 23, 2010 4:15 PM
Im just wondering a thing : There is not a word about ''what'' was the father of those five newborn piglet...
Ever eard of those farmer who had to problem with there lamb being abuse by neibor...
(sorry for my poor english)
Posted by: suspicious | March 31, 2010 9:20 PM
this is a crazy thing ive had a monkey and a pig but not a monkey pig
Posted by: zack and beaner | April 29, 2010 10:22 AM
poor pig. Does look like a human jaw...he looks blind.
Posted by: poor pig | May 24, 2010 8:27 AM
its eugenics that WILL happen to us theres no such thing as a perfect species but none will listen and only suffer
Posted by: mykl | July 24, 2010 11:45 AM
Im just wondering a thing : There is not a word about ''what'' was the father of those five newborn piglet...
Ever eard of those farmer who had
Posted by: halı yıkama ankara | August 17, 2010 7:37 AM
its eugenics that WILL happen to us theres no such thing as a perfect species but none will listen and only suffer
Posted by: mobilya | August 28, 2010 8:46 AM
does it have a monkey brain or pig brain????
a curly tail? or a straight tail?
Posted by: banana | October 14, 2010 10:55 PM
eugenics that WILL happen to us theres no such thing as a perfect species but none will listen and only suffer
Posted by: davetiye | February 12, 2011 5:21 AM
well what's it look like now? that was what, amost 3 years ago now.. is it even still alive??
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