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The image captures a sow and piglets against a split rail fence.
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Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
In some cases, the macaques even lay next to kittens and piglets, possibly the monkeys’ own pets gifted by the owners.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
After her owner brought home a struggling piglet, a dog mom named Cleo immediately took him under her care–and the way she’s kept him safe and warm has melted the hearts of social media users.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are microscopic creatures that can survive just about anything: boiling heat, freezing cold and crushing pressure.
—Tyler J. Woodward, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2025
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Arkansas Online, 12 Dec. 2025
In some cases, the macaques even lay next to kittens and piglets, possibly the monkeys’ own pets gifted by the owners.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 11 Dec. 2025
After her owner brought home a struggling piglet, a dog mom named Cleo immediately took him under her care–and the way she’s kept him safe and warm has melted the hearts of social media users.
—Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025
Tardigrades, often called water bears or moss piglets, are microscopic creatures that can survive just about anything: boiling heat, freezing cold and crushing pressure.
—Tyler J. Woodward, The Conversation, 30 Oct. 2025
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“Piglet.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/piglet. Accessed 1 Feb. 2026.
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piglet
noun
pig·let
ˈpig-lət 
: a baby pig
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