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Weird Diet Helps Miracle Pig Survive China Quake

nbc11.com — Soldiers discover a very special survivor more than a month after an earthquake devastated China's Sichuan Province.

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  • cashman57, on 06/24/2008, -1/+17Amazing. That pig is pretty smart to be able to survive that long.Just to survive at all was against the odds
  • ubernoggin, on 06/24/2008, -1/+28Some pig.
    /charlotte
  • RainDodger, on 06/24/2008, -3/+3Now what happens? Will he survive much longer?
    • kuz2r, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7His new home is at the museum, he will be taken care of for the rest of his life.
      • tacojohn48, on 06/25/2008, -3/+1Yeah, they will take care of him for the rest of his life. Fatten him up and then make bacon.
        • prowlerjm, on 06/25/2008, -1/+5It's sad how misinformed most people are about pigs. They are incredibly intelligent creatures, especially when not confined to factory farms.
        • cap11235, on 06/25/2008, -1/+11That doesn't change the fact that bacon is delicious.
      • tritiumpie, on 06/26/2008, -0/+1For the rest of his short ass life before he's slaughtered and turned into yummy pork chops, with that built-in charcoal smoky flavor.
    • Roger, on 06/25/2008, -0/+9Funny, the earthquake and being trapped probably saved that pigs life.
  • wishninja, on 06/24/2008, -1/+2I remember a man trapped in a coal mine saying he survived by eating on coal. I know Char-coal and coal are very diffrent but I wonder if the body(or pig's) can extract any sustenance from such things. I googled quick but found nothing.
    • greenlight2001, on 06/25/2008, -0/+5It's carbon (and some nasty stuff that's probably poisonous)... so no nutrients. Just acts to fill the stomach and calm cravings.
    • tacojohn48, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6If people hear he ate charcoal to survive and lost a third of his body weight this will be the next fad diet.
      • mecharabbit, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6Kirstie Alley is currently shooting a commercial for the "Chinese Pig Charcoal and Rainwater Diet". I guess the Weightwatchers thing didn't quite work for her.
        • greenlight2001, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2That cow will always have a pull on the tides.
        • rancidpony, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4Can we lock her in a 2 ft x 2 ft cell for a month too?
    • TunaFishGangsta, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2Lots of people take in small amounts of charcoal in the belief that it settles the stomach.
      • wishninja, on 06/27/2008, -0/+1I think maybe you nailed it then.
  • Jayg28, on 06/25/2008, -0/+44How do they know he really only ate charcoal? Don't ask me how i know this, but you can't trust what a pig says.
    • TheVirus, on 06/25/2008, -0/+6Because the poop was 100% black.
    • subterfuge, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2you also can't trust what cop says. oh nvrmind, you just said that.
  • westbay1, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2I've been seeing this pig everywhere... Wilbur ain't got nothing on this pig!
  • george2gfm, on 06/25/2008, -0/+27That'll do pig, that'll do.
  • zippe, on 06/25/2008, -6/+3ugliest miracle i ever saw.
  • peterzero, on 06/25/2008, -1/+3Great to be rescued, so... what's on the menu tonight?
  • juttman, on 06/25/2008, -4/+49Rosie O'Donnell made it out alive, good for her.
  • orlandirafael, on 06/25/2008, -1/+6They'll kill 30 pigs to make a barbecue on the celebration of the local hero.
  • redxninja, on 06/25/2008, -7/+6OM NOM NOM NOM...
    • cambob76, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2Yeah, that's getting pretty old my friend.
  • DaDrake, on 06/25/2008, -10/+5Anyone get a sudden crave for bacon?
  • lupka, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4Dugg for title alone.
  • Vigo, on 06/25/2008, -4/+33Homer: Are you saying you're never going to eat any animal again? What about bacon?
    Lisa: No.
    Homer: Ham?
    Lisa: No.
    Homer: Pork chops?
    Lisa: Dad, those all come from the same animal.
    Homer: Heh heh heh. Ooh, yeah, right, Lisa. A wonderful, magical animal.
    • Vocifer, on 06/25/2008, -21/+1Try being original instead of quoting television shows.
      • Dbeneath, on 06/25/2008, -0/+16lighten up *****
      • cambob76, on 06/25/2008, -0/+12It's one of the funniest Simpson's lines and it made me laugh AGAIN. Party-pooper.
      • xenoc1de, on 06/25/2008, -0/+11I dugg him just because of your comment.
      • airmann90, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4@ Vocifer

        Douchebag.
  • LanceUppercut, on 06/25/2008, -4/+2Whew. I feel good knowing that although we almost lost MrBabyMan, he persevered. No mention of laptop and 3g connection from the soldiers or in the pics. That guy doesn't miss work..EVER!
  • 2clone, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4The pig is getting more press than the people.
  • DroppedGT, on 06/25/2008, -0/+7It shat fuel! We have found a renewable source of energy.
  • xtinamo, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4Was anyone else extremely bothered by picture 6? I'm not sure it was only his "weird diet" that helped him survive..
  • Onji, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3Weirdest...headline...ever.
  • wowtao, on 06/25/2008, -6/+0http://www.wowgolden.org/shaiya-gold.htm
  • Tyrghast, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3Strong pig.
  • RyanBlack, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1Mmmm charcoal flavoured bacon.
  • badjoke, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Long live Strong Pig.
  • wildkeith, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1Now all we have to do is feed it fire and eat its flesh.
  • Jareth86, on 06/25/2008, -1/+3So how long until they sell him as an aphrodisiac?
  • chanelgal, on 06/25/2008, -3/+1he puts charlotte's web pig to shame...
  • chanelgal, on 06/25/2008, -3/+1he puts charlotte's web pig to shame...
  • down4twenty, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1hey pig
  • unkle, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1awesome. this must lift up the spirits of the parents who lost their only child. this is china's katrina and hopefully they can receive some justice and some piece of mind
    • Trots, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2What? Receive some justice for the earthquake? Like when they go to heaven and they're at the pearly gates, they're going to punch god in the nutsack?
    • unkle, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1no because the schools were built shoddily by the chinese goverment. good job being sarcastic there
  • FolkTheory, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1the title is straight from the onion
  • digency, on 06/25/2008, -0/+4No. The PIG ate other humans who were buried in the rubble. Thats how it survived.
  • walshgopher, on 06/25/2008, -0/+3Generally, charcoal is not toxic and it is soft enough to be edible. Being able to eat anything even without sustenance keeps the digestive tract moving. This would allow the pig to more effectively process the layers of fat storage within its body into nutrition. Theoretically. Also most animals find human remains to taste disgusting and pigs would have more trouble digesting quantities of meat over charcoal. Not to mention the sheer quantity of inedible bits inside people. pigs don't exactly have the sharpest most versatile mouths on the food chain I doubt he would be able to pass through the skin.

    What it comes down to is, if he was in a charcoal-less hole packed with crushed human bodies he'd be porked.
  • Brododium, on 06/25/2008, -1/+5强壮猪万岁!
  • Pfkninenines, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2Wonder if it was flavored charcoal. I mean, even if I were desperate, I don't think I'd grab charcoal unless it smelled pretty damn good.
    • badoli, on 06/25/2008, -1/+0Sure. Two or three days into it without food and you eat dirt, buddy.... not to mention a whole month.
  • gfxlonghorn, on 06/25/2008, -1/+2Good to know the Museum is stepping in for a good cause, because who cares about the thousands of people injured, there is a pig that survived!!!!
  • cw1242, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Why the hell would that do anything?
  • voodoosteve84, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Where can I buy a LIVESTRONGPIG bracelet?
  • ahwang, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1A pig in the museum? What will they think of next? Jersey boys with too much fake tan?
  • Zaggynl, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Survivorpig survivorpig
    Does whatever a survivorpig does
  • yawnstretch, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1Hardly have time to read the story but thats one hell of a headline! Dugg
  • bj1989, on 06/25/2008, -0/+2'Locals have turned the pig into a folk hero, calling it "Strong pig" '
    Speaking of creative names.
  • PDF84, on 06/25/2008, -1/+1And the secret ingredient is.......... Ground up female children that they kill cause they wanted a boy.
  • vedema, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1This isn't all that amazing, pigs will eat nearly anything, including coal.
  • ssj2119, on 06/25/2008, -0/+1...gonna end up on your plate
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