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While the male Palawan Bearded Pig tend to be solitary animals, the females usually form larger matriarchal groups (and occasionally they will form very large herds). This group will help each other out with tasks such as foraging, territorial defence and other pig chores. Although, once the flowering plants begin producing fruit, the pigs attention turns to mating. As a side note, it is believed the Palawan Bearded Pig actually gets its mating cues from the visual shift in colours (flowers to fruit). Once mating season is over, the female will use a nest built out of grasses to give birth to 3 to 10 cute, little piglets. They will use the nest for about a week and a half before starting the entire cycle of foraging, defending and mating all over again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Did You Know? It wasn’t until recently that the Palawan Bearded Pig was upgraded from a sub-species to a whole new species of pig The males tend to have small, marked warts on their face, which is believed to help during head to head battles with other pigs Unlike other bearded pigs, the Palawan Bearded Pig tends to live a much more sedentary life As you may have guessed (if you are a Geography buff) this pig can only be found on three Philippine islands – Balabac, Calamian and of course Palawan. So what is a Palawan Bearded Pig? Well, <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7636,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60,4024],"tags":[348,3409,3408,4025,3407],"yoast_head":"\n
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