[ID: A pair of red river hogs in the sunshine, snuffling around in the dirt together. There are patches of snow visible in the shadows of the background. The second photo is a closeup of one hog.] via
Vote for Swine by Demi Lovato which has been nominated for a VMA for Video For Good and Best Pop.
Demi has been and will continue to donate all the proceeds from Swine to the Reproductive Justice Fund.
No one enjoys a mud puddle more than a pig! However, it's not because they're dirty-- in fact domestic pigs can be quite clean. Rather, members of the family Suidae have few to no sweat glands, and when it gets hot a nice mud bath is the perfect way to cool off! Wallowing also helps wild pigs remove parasites like fleas and ticks.
(Image: A wild boar (Sus scrofus) fresh from a dip by Martin Zwick)
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As promised, here's some more video of me with our hogs. In the afternoon I sometimes brush and rub their morning mud off so they can enjoy applying a fresh coat. My buddy Muu is usually a very dusty hog. (His bald patch is where he had a fentanyl patch after a semi-recent spinal injury.)
Large Sister Babi was filthy, too, but I had to put my phone away to get my swine brush out of my pocket so I didn't record her.
<Minneapolis Mom voice>: "And here's a nice photo of the kids we got so's we can put it up over the teevee in the rumpus room."
[ID: Two photos of of bearded pigs, a type of wild hog with coarse light fur that is especially bushy around their snouts. The second photo is a close-up.]