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Sunday, June 29, 2014

THE CUTE SWIMMING PIGS OF THE BAHAMAS BECOME FAMOUS

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Are they doing the hoggy paddle? Swimming pigs of the Bahamas become YouTube stars and are even set to star in a documentary.
 
Swimming swine: The pigs are thought to have been introduced to the island by passing sailors who may have thought they would make a good food source
  • Swimming swine of the Caribbean popular with visitors, who upload videos of themselves taking a dip with the pigs
  • The animals are believed to have been abandoned in the idyllic spot by sailors, who intended to eat them
  • Now a documentary is being made about the pigs, who often swim out to boats to get food from holidaymakers

    • Online sensation: There are dozens of videos of the swimming pigs taken by tourists besotted with their unusual antics


    Silver screen: A filmmaker is now making a documentary about the swimming pigs of Big Major Cay and the surrounding islands

    Dinner time: The swine approach a boat in search of a meal. They often swim out to greet holidaymakers

    Bay of Pigs: These swimming pigs have become a Youtube hit across the world. Visitors film themselves swimming with the animals, who live on a small Caribbean island



    The swimming pigs of the Caribbean

    The pigs will run into the water and actually swim out to the oncoming boats to get food from the occupants

    Narrative: A man is filmed talking about the pigs for the documentary 'When Pigs Swim'
    A man talks about the pigs for the documentary "When Pigs Swim"


    Source
    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2673896/Are-doing-hoggy-paddle-Swimming-pigs-Bermuda-YouTube-stars-set-star-documentary.html

    Photos - wenn.com and Daily Mail

    Trailer for documentary When Pigs Swim


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6xsPVMVHGk


    UPDATE


    Star attraction: Tourists visit the paradise, nicknamed Pig Island, to visit the swine in their unusual habitat every year
    Click on this link to read the February 8, 2015 new article 
    on the swimming pigs:
    http://ottersandsciencenews.blogspot.ca/2015/02/more-pictures-of-cute-swimming-pigs-of.html
     

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