Monday morning, I saw this Vine. It is of a pig race featuring piglets jumping over hurdles. They do not do a good job of jumping over the hurdle:
In-depth investigation reveals piglets are bad at jumping over hurdles
They might not be good at it, but at least they’re adorable at it.
These are the All-Alaskan Racing Pigs, a bunch of little pigs (not from Alaska) who spend the summer touring various state/county fairs. The race is a very good race: They go over one hurdle, under one hurdle, and then eat a nice bowl of slop at the end of the racetrack, because they are good pigs:
Sometimes, the little pigs make it over the hurdle just fine:
However, after watching a lot of these videos, I can confirm that a pretty decent amount of the time, at least one of the pigs fails to make it over:
To truly understand what’s going on here, watch in slow motion:
This is about ethics in pig racing journalism.
In track-and-field, racers are disqualified for failing to clear a hurdle. However, nobody seems to care or mind if these piglets knock their hurdle over. In fact, sometimes the pigs don't even try to clear the hurdles, brazenly just butting them over with their heads:
However, all these pigs are pretty great at pig racing in comparison to full-grown potbelly pigs, which are just awful at pig racing:
