This Is The Ugliest Frog Ever, And It Coexisted With Dinosaurs
The extremely rare Indian purple frog doesn’t really look like a frog. It’s also a living fossil that’s been around since ...
Pet Pig Breaks Into Garage, Gets 'So Drunk' on Owner's Beer
Morgan Mullins told Newsweek, "When we went out, we found all the empty beer cans, and then a very drunk Strawberry!" ...
The Forward1mon
From snoot to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig
Rosenblum, a professor of religious studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has written three other books on Jews and food, has spent 20 years pondering the question, “Why the pig?” ...
Live Science on MSN16d
Babirusa: The prehistoric 'deer' pigs with huge antler teeth
Babirusas are believed to have diverged from their pig ancestors between 26 million and 12 million years ago after getting ...
The Forward26d
Kosher pork and Jews riding sows — how pigs came to define Jewish identity
So why, then, are Jews so obsessed with it? For nearly all of Jewish history, pigs have been inescapable. During eras of Roman rule, rulers would challenge Jews to eat pork to test their loyalties ...
H5N1 bird flu identified in pig for first time in United States
H5N1 bird flu has been identified in a pig in the United States for the first time, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said Wednesday. The USDA and Oregon veterinary officials are investigating bird ...
Tyler Morning Telegraph25d
Quarter Ton: Anderson County had bigger pig problem than most
They based their opinion on a shorter snout and floppier ears than wild pigs. Experts have also said it is unlikely for a wild pig to reach those kinds of weights because of the effort it takes ...
Shocking moment fans throw PIG’S HEAD on to the pitch during bitter derby clash before player kicks it away
A FOOTBALL match was disrupted when supporters threw a PIG’S HEAD on to the pitch. The Brazilian clash between Corinthians ...
The Washington Post12d
Bird flu detected in a pig for the first time in the U.S., raising concerns
Bird flu has been found in at least one pig at a backyard farm in Oregon, the first detection of the H5N1 virus in swine in the United States, the U.S. Agriculture Department said Wednesday.
The Times of Israel29d
From snout to tail: New book tells 3,000-year-old story of Jews and the pig
Rosenblum, a professor of religious studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who has written three other books on Jews and food, has spent 20 years pondering the question, “Why the pig?” ...
Jewish Telegraphic Agency29d
From snout to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig
A professor of religious studies explores how the pig became the ultimate Jewish taboo — and an inadvertent marker of Jewish identity. In 2021, the Orthodox Union declined to put its kosher ...
The Jerusalem Post Blogs29d
From snout to tail, a 3,000-year history of Jews and the pig
Rosenblum’s new book, “Forbidden: A 3,000-Year History of Jews and the Pig.” The “consumer” of course is the Jew, and those “sensitivities” are the result of a history that turned ...