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Pigs can play video games, study finds

Pigs can play video games, study finds

Scientists have confirmed that pigs can game.

Four pigs showed a remarkable ability to play a joystick-operated video game originally developed by NASA to test monkeys.

The pigs were trained on how to use a joystick and then they gamed once a day for 12 weeks.

They had to stop the study as some of the pigs had grown too large to stand long enough to complete the sessions.

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Each pig had its own individual aptitude for the tasks & positive encouragement from their caretakers is said to have resulted in better outcomes in the game.

Image: Eston Martz / Pennsylvania State University

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