Otters and Science News: MORE PICTURES OF THE CUTE SWIMMING PIGS OF THE BAHAMAS

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Pigs might SWIM in the Bahamas, where these beach bum oinkers paddle up to 300ft from the shore to enjoy the 24C Caribbean sea.

Hoggy paddle: Swimming pigs on an uninhabited island in the Bahamas have become something of a tourist attraction. The pictures were taken by French photographers Jean-Louis Klein and Marie-Luce Hubert

Continue reading, see more images of the piggies, read previous article on this blog about the Swimming pigs, and watch a trailer of the documentary When Pigs Swim

Pigs may not be able to fly but, as these pictures from the Bahamas show, they can definitely swim.

The large family of pigs are something of a tourist attraction on the uninhabited Caribbean island of Big Major Cay, which hundreds of people visit every year to take a dip with the animals.

All the pigs have to worry about is where their next meal is coming from, and they have worked out that the crews of passing yachts regularly dump excess food into the sea

The swine trot along the beach, soaking up the sun before taking a dip in the 24C ocean, often paddling 300ft from the shore to greet people as they arrive on yachts.

Just how the pigs came to live on the island, which is blessed with a freshwater spring, is shrouded in mystery.

Star attraction: Tourists visit the paradise, nicknamed Pig Island, to visit the swine in their unusual habitat every year

One theory is that sailors dropped the animals off on the island, known as Big Major Cay, with the intention of coming back to eat them later but never returned. Another legend suggests they were involved in a shipwreck but were able to swim to shore, remaining on the island ever since.

Pigs can't fly... but they can swim.

As this bizarre yet beautiful collection pictures shows, the pigs are remarkably well adapted to their beach bum lifestyle of frolicking in the crystal clear water and lazing on the sand.

The pigs are remarkably well adapted to their beach bum lifestyle of frolicking in the crystal clear water and lazing on the sand

Beach Babe: 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

Another legend suggests they were involved in a shipwreck but were able to swim to shore, remaining on the island ever since

Bay of pigs: The swine snooze on the white sands of Big Major Cay island before taking a dip in the crystal clear waters

Will they start flying next? The swimming pigs of the Bahamas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iCjUtj9O_U

Source
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2944893/Pigs-SWIM-Bahamas-beach-bum-oinkers-paddle-300ft-shore-enjoy-24C-Caribbean-sea.html

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RELATED

June 29, 2014 article on this blog about the swimming pigs:

THE CUTE SWIMMING PIGS OF THE BAHAMAS BECOME FAMOUS

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 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 holidaymaker

Now filmmaker Charles Allan Smith is now shooting a documentary that hopes to uncover how the animals first took to the water. 'When Pigs Swim' will follow the trail from the original swimming pigs.

Pig Island, or Big Major Cay as it is officially known, is blessed with a natural water spring and is sheltered by a string of neighbouring islands that protects it from waves caused by tropical storms.