The Potbellied Pig Caper Pot-Bellied Pigs Lulu the Very Important Potbellied Pig Fun Piggy Facts Pigs are very intelligent and learn very quickly. They have an excellent sense of smell. Pigs do not sweat because they have no sweat glands. That is why they enjoy rolling in mud to cool off. A female can give birth to 10 or more piglets.
Pigs usually give birth to about two pig litters a year.
They average 3 feet long and 15 inches tall. Full growth is not reached until about 5 years of age. Most pigs do not like to be picked up or held. Unlike cats and dogs, pigs are prey not predators, so being lifted up or restrained causes them extreme alarm. True to their nature, these pigs live to eat and can become overweight very easily.