Animal Story of the Day
What a pig!A pig that survived for 36 days buried beneath rubble in quake-hit southwest China on a diet of charcoal has been hailed as a symbol of the will to stay alive, state press reported Monday.
The pig, who weighed nearly 150 kilograms (330 pounds) at the time of the magnitude-8.0 earthquake on May 12, had lost two thirds of its weight when found last week, ...
The curator of the local Jianchuan Museum has already bought the pig for 3,008 yuan (436 dollars) and will keep the animal for the rest of its life "as a living symbol of the earthquake disaster," the report said.
The museum has named the pig "Zhu Jianqiang," which means "Strong Pig," it added.
posted by Alan Adamson @ 4:27 PM
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home