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Kune Kune Pigs


These guys are so friendly. "Kunekune" means fat and round in Maori and that they definitely are. They are a smaller type of pig with short legs and short snouts.


Some people breed them for show, others breed them as food.  Very sociable and placid, they do well with people contact as well as being intelligent


I happened to be visiting an area just outside of Kerikeri where I spied them being very curious at the edge of the fence of a farm. Think they were eager to check us out.

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Andy said…
I don't why but these two made me smile. ^(*(oo)*)^
7 January 2019 at 00:03
Yogi♪♪♪ said…
They look very personable!!
7 January 2019 at 03:02
PerthDailyPhoto said…
Happy New Year to yourself and family Amy. What a delightful pair here, one is definitely more whiskery than the other.. hope they're more of the pet variety ☺
7 January 2019 at 04:07
William Kendall said…
Quite different from ones we see here.
7 January 2019 at 04:13
Bill said…
They are so different from what we see. They're very cute, we could never raise them for food, their cuteness is too much and I would feel guilty. :)
7 January 2019 at 08:01
Amypie said…
I'm with you bill on this one. I'm a meat eater but I might struggle with seeing them get home killed for the freezer.
7 January 2019 at 08:31
NatureFootstep said…
only their mother can think they are cute :)
7 January 2019 at 22:45
Wayne said…
They are cute, too cute to eat.
8 January 2019 at 02:29
Sharon said…
I've never seen pigs like this before. They are so cute.
8 January 2019 at 04:09
Sallie (FullTime-Life) said…
Those are really cute Amy! Bill likes pigs...he’s an old farm boy and raised them as a kid. I’ll show these to him, he’ll get a kick out of them.
8 January 2019 at 08:11
Lady Fi said…
They are adorable!
8 January 2019 at 19:19
Rhonda Albom said…
The local regional park has 3 of these type of pig. The YMCA at the park feeds them all their table scraps. The 3 little pigs are not so little anymore.
24 January 2019 at 00:00
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