Today (March 1) is National Pig Day, which makes it a great day to meet some of the internet's most popular pigs.
From the time they were piglets, Priscilla and her younger brother Poppleton have dressed in a variety of adorable costumes and posed for pictures, which you can see on their Instagram . The Florida-based siblings are so popular (they've got more than 660,000 followers) that they have their own line of plush toys , and are now teaching fellow pigs Posey and Pink to walk in their hoofsteps.
Scottsdale, Arizona-based mini pig Paddington is a beloved house pig who also has a day job: he works as a Thera-Pig , helping his human's special needs students.
Despite the name, Hamlet âa.k.a. Hammyâis a female micro pig who lives in Los Angeles, and will happily pose in wigs and costumes. You can see more of Hamlet and her human, Melanie, on their YouTube channel .
In 2012, Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter adopted Esther the Wonder Pig when she was just a piglet. They were told she was a micro pig, but quickly realized that wasn't true. The 650-pound pigâwho has more than 332,000 Instagram followersâinspired Jenkins and Walter to found the Happily Ever Esther Farm Sanctuary in Ontario, a home for abandoned and abused farm animals.
In 2013, Andrea Mendes received a very special Valentine's Day gift from her husband: a precious little pig she named Jamon . Thanks to Jamon's willingness to dress up in costumes, the São Paulo, Brazil resident became a Facebook and Instagram celebrityâand even inspired a cartoon series .
A few years ago, Kai Holt was camping with his family at Hawaii's Bellows Beach Park when a stray piglet made its way into their cabana; he hasn't left Holt's side since. In addition to becoming a cherished member of the family, the pigânamed Kamapua'a, or Kama for shortâis also Holt's surfing buddy . While he's pretty good at balancing on a surfboard, he doesn't mind the occasional wipeout, as he loves the water and is an excellent swimmer.
Since Holt adopted him, Kama has produced a son, Kama 2, who also surfs. You can see Kama 2 surfing with Holt's son in this video and keep up with Kama and his family at Facebook and Instagram , too.
Chris P. Bacon was born with malformed, nonfunctional rear legs. He was taken to veterinarian Len Lucero to be put down, but the doctor decided to adopt him instead. As a piglet, he learned to balance on his front legs, but that solution wouldn't work for a heavy, full-grown pig, so Lucero fitted him with a set of wheels , and now he gets around his Florida home like a champ. Chris's story was even turned into a children's book .
There are few things cuter than an interspecies friendship, and Wilbur the Traveling Pig has got two of them: He lives with two Bengal cats, Suki and Sashimi, and their friendship is one of mutual benefit. The cats consider Wilbur a pillow, and he considers them back scratchers. Wilbur accompanies his humans on road trips and has become quite a well-traveled pig.
Like the aforementioned Esther the Wonder Pig, Fort Worth, Texas's Bacon the Piglet is a mini pig that turned out to be anything but. Bacon may be big, but he's not too big to be lifted (yet). Watch him grow up in his Instagram gallery , where you'll find videos of Bacon in his apartment complex swimming pool. Bacon is in no danger of becoming bacon, but strangely, he is calmed by being stroked with a fork .Â
Mini pigs Leo and Olive live together with their family in North Carolina. According to their Facebook page , they like "Cheerios, Raisins, Rooting, Cuddles, Grazing. Fort Building. [And] planning missions to acquire more treats." According to the photo above, they also enjoy a dip in the backyard pond.
Bitsy is a small pig growing up in Washington State. She takes walks on a leash and loves Cheerios, being around people, and occasionally dressing up in a tutu (much to her more than 13,000 Instagram followers' amusement).
Lily is a Vietnamese potbelly pig who is an ambassador for Tucson, Arizona's Ironwood Pig Sanctuary . They take in abandoned or rescued Vietnamese potbelly pigs and give them a chance to either be adopted or live out their lives there in peace.
Lord Hamilton (Hammy for short) is only a year and a half old, but he's already the director of emotional support for HEAL (the Happily Ever After League) in Scottsdale, Arizona. The organization , founded by Hammy's human mom, Lauren, provides support for women going through cancer treatment.
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