Pigs are our closer cousins please adore them!

Pigs are our closer cousins please adore them!

These are little things that will be prohibited to teach in schools in Ceylon, soon.

Pigs are very similar to humans in genome study.

They are communal species ( not like in pig farms).

They look after their young in the wild.

There is hierarchy dominated by mums like in the elephant family.

They are not ferocious as depicted in the wild boar clan.

They keep clean if left to their own devises.

Pig’s diseases are similar to human diseases especially cardiovascular risks.

Pigs become chubby like our politicians.

They are an intelligent species to tolerate (not the pig eaters) humans and their survival in a increasingly hostile planet where elephants with big brain fail is a dilemma.

Their intelligence and brain size are similar to the comparison of dolphins to humans.

Pigs diverted from wild boar probably million years ago.

Why god created pigs and hate ham is open to question for some religions.

The miniature Wuzhishan pig is extensively inbred and individuals are genetically similar.

Its small size makes it easy to handle and useful for medical research. The team looked at genes and protein domains that pigs and humans share. These are important targets for drugs. The researchers found the physiology of the two is 84 per cent similar at the genetic level.

The studies identified 112 positions in the genome where pig protein has the same amino acid that is implicated in a human disease.

This supports the use of pig in studies on human diseases. Some of the protein aberrations that pigs share with humans are associated with obesity, diabetes, dyslexia, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease.

This understanding of the genetic origins of modern pigs is important for their breeding and to find new ways to deal with old and emerging diseases.