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Pigs for sale at an animal market
Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2009

Open quotePigs like to lie around, they like to drink. If given the chance, they'll smoke and watch TV.Close quote

  • LAWRENCE SCHOOK,
  • professor of comparative genomics at the University of Illinois who helped sequence the pig genome, on the behavioral similarities between humans and swine
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