Truth is WAY Stranger

Or is it?  From the internet:

A young pig in Esquina, Corrientes, Argentina, has fleece like a sheep according to a certain news outlet.*  Although the story appears in a few different places on the net, they all seem to point back to the linked story.

In the interest of preserving the story against internet flux, I quote the main part of it here:

"Meet the world’s first sheep-hog — a pig with its own fleece. Scientists are baffled by the strange swine — which they say is a pig “at heart” but with a woolly hide.
The one-year-old is being raised on a ranch near the town of Esquina, 400 miles north of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
It is a pig but has a thick fleece which needs shearing in summer with the other sheep because it suffers in the heat. Other pigs do not trust it."

I've heard of a wolf in sheep's clothing, but this is a porcine of a different color entirely.  Perhaps it envies the camelids?  Or perhaps its mother spent way too much time watching a certain video.

*And, yes, I know to consider the source.  I especially enjoy the bassackward headline on the story.  :D

Comments

[Windyridge]

Wow that's pretty amazing. I like your comment graphic BTW.

[Laurie]

And the fleece would cost more than vicuna.....

[Barbara-Kay]

So, if you sheared this pig, and plied the fleece with silk , would you be able to knit the proverbial purse?

(Forget the ear!) VBG!

[Sharon]

I'm still blaming it on the Lincolnshire Chinese.

[Teresa C]

This just gives me the "woolies".

[Elaine, Wet, whatever..]

Sorry folks.. this is a real animal, not fictious. It is the Mangalitza hog, once bred as a lard animal. It does need to be shorn every year, which made it less practical for large scale livestock production.
Another "wool" bearing hog was the Lincolnshire Curly Coat, but I don't have any pics.

Now you know.

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[Sharon]

I'm blaming it on the Chinese.

[Charlotte ;-)]

Some pig!

[Beth S.]

Almost certainly a fake, but very intriguing nonetheless!

[Leigh]

OK. Somebody out there has way too much computer time on their hands. I don't know which species should be more insulted: sheep or pigs *lol*

[cyndy]

...perhaps it is a descendant of Dolly (of cloned sheep fame)...now there's a gene pool for ya...

[benedetta]

I also love your blog!
the wool pig is really a pretty special find!

[Andrea (noricum)]

I love your blog!

[Cynthia]

"Other pigs do not trust it."

Kind of sums it all up, doesn't it?

[sharon]

Is this the Yarn Harlot's "wool-pig"?