A PET owner thought he was bringing home a teacup pig but to his surprise, the hog grew five times its normal size and can be seen from space.
Steve Jenkins from Campbellville, Canada thought that Esther the Wonder Pig was a micro pig when he bought her.
Micro pigs typically weigh between 50 and 150 pounds, but Esther grew to a whopping 650 pounds, which means she costs four times more to feed.
Esther came from a former schoolmate of Jenkins who misled him to believe that the hog was a teacup pig.
Jenkins said: “She wrote me one day [on Facebook] and said she knew I was an animal lover and did I want to adopt her mini pig,” CBS News reports.
“She said she got Esther from a breeder, and that she was already six months old, had been spayed, and wouldn’t grow any bigger than 70 pounds.
I am broadly interested in how human activities influence the ability of wildlife to persist in the modified environments that we create.
Specifically, my research investigates how the configuration and composition of landscapes influence the movement and population dynamics of forest birds. Both natural and human-derived fragmenting of habitat can influence where birds settle, how they access the resources they need to survive and reproduce, and these factors in turn affect population demographics. Most recently, I have been studying the ability of individuals to move through and utilize forested areas which have been modified through timber harvest as they seek out resources for the breeding and postfledging phases. As well I am working in collaboration with Parks Canada scientists to examine in the influence of high density moose populations on forest bird communities in Gros Morne National Park. Many of my projects are conducted in collaboration or consultation with representatives of industry and government agencies, seeking to improve the management and sustainability of natural resource extraction.
