piglets

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Beguiled by photos of teensy piglets, she chose the runt of the litter—a tiny, shivering nugget for $350.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026

Also known as water bears and moss piglets, tardigrades sport blobby physiques, lumbering gaits and perfectly circular mouths stuck in the middle of their otherwise-featureless faces.

From Salon • Sep. 1, 2024

Amy Finkel brought her two daughters with her, smiling broadly while snapping photos of piglets as the girls hugged a rabbit.

From Seattle Times • May 22, 2024

In a new study, published in Virology, a multidisciplinary team of researchers have studied newborn piglets to better understand the progression of influenza infections.

From Science Daily • Mar. 18, 2024

She was black and pink; and the great bladder of her belly was fringed with a row of piglets that slept or burrowed and squeaked.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding