Mammal
Pig
Scientific name: Sus scrofa domesticus
This is a pig. Pigs have a big snout and say oink!
Quick facts
- Food
- Eats plants and meat
- Awake
- Active by day
- In the wild
- Domestic animal
- They live with people, on farms and in homes.
All about the Pig
Pigs are curious farm animals with an amazing sense of smell. They dig for food with their snouts and eat almost anything, from roots and fruit to insects and worms. Farm pigs come from the wild boar.
Fun facts
One star is easy, three stars are for big explorers.
- Easy
A mother pig can have lots of babies at once.
- Medium
Pigs use their long, flat snouts to sniff out food in the ground.
- Medium
A mother pig can tell her own piglets by their smell just one day after they are born.
- Hard
Rolling in mud also helps pigs get rid of tiny bugs on their skin.
- Hard
Farm pigs come from wild boars, which still live in forests today.
Where does it live?
The Pig lives with people, so you can find it in the coloured places and many more.
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Oceania
What does the Pig eat?
- RootsFavourite food
- Fruit
- Seeds
- Insects
- Worms
Play and learn
Games with this animal and its friends.
