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Old 04-12-2013, 06:26 PM   #1
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Weird fact of the day..

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up in the sky

Guess its a good thing for pigs that pterodactyls are now extinct
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Old 04-12-2013, 07:26 PM   #2
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What if the pig was standing on the side of a steep hill.


On a treadmill.
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Old 04-12-2013, 08:00 PM   #3
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Or in a tree
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Old 04-12-2013, 08:38 PM   #4
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LasVegas is farther west than LosAngles
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Old 04-12-2013, 08:41 PM   #5
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I'm tired.

Oh, sorry wrong thread. There's nothing weird about that. :/
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Old 04-12-2013, 10:27 PM   #6
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It is physically impossible for pigs to look up in the sky
I don't believe that.
Pigs have binocular vision for about 50 degrees straight forward, and can certainly raise their heads high enough, especially when sitting.
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:08 PM   #7
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LasVegas is farther west than LosAngles
You made me look stuff up.


Now I get to say you were wrong. Nyeahhhh!
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:11 PM   #8
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It's Reno.
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:15 PM   #9
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tis true ... basically their necks are too stout to be able to tilt their heads far enough back to look up
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Old 04-12-2013, 11:40 PM   #10
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If I stand close to the pen, they'll come right up to the fence and look up at me. I doubt they can see the sky directly overhead, even sitting, but they can see the sky.
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Old 04-13-2013, 08:07 AM   #11
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What if the pig was standing on the side of a steep hill.


On a treadmill.
I see what you did there.








Obviously if pigs had wings they could generate lift anywhere but a vacuum or on a treadmill.
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Old 04-13-2013, 10:38 AM   #12
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Big Al says that dogs can't look up.

But thanks for the gift of a multi-pig photo.
Gosh I love pigs. Everything including the squeal.
Saw one butchered on TV. Complaints followed of course. I was fascinated. If I'm gonna eat it, I deserve to know how it died.

Rarely eat meat now, but not because of that.
(hoi-sin chicken tonight)
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Old 04-13-2013, 10:40 AM   #13
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well I'll be gobsmacked.... who'd have thunk that something I read on the internet would be wrong?????

I must admit that being let down by the association of New Zealand pig farmers kinda chuffs my buttons.

*pout*
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Old 04-13-2013, 10:44 AM   #14
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Big Al says that dogs can't look up. *snort* I've been laughing at that for about three minutes solid.
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Old 04-13-2013, 12:16 PM   #15
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Dogs only look up for bacon... BACON, bacon, bacon, bacon, BACON, bacon...
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