Pigs that make short, constant noises are happier, Danish researchers claim. What that actually says about her state of mind maybe the TV pigs Piggeldy and Frederick can explain.
Piggeldy wanted to know what happiness is. “Frederick,” Piggeldy asked his big brother. “Frederick, tell me what happiness is.” “Nothing easier than that,” answered Frederick. “Come along.” And Piggeldy followed Frederick.
“Do you really know what happiness is?” Piggeldy asked. “Of course I do!” said Frederick. “If you don’t know that at my pig age, you’ll never find out.” In the middle of the meadow Frederick lay down in the sun, looked up and grunted – but only briefly. Then he said, “That’s lucky, Piggeldy!”
A researcher came by, a behavioral scientist. “Do you hear?” she said to the man accompanying her. “This boar grunted briefly and constantly. That means he’s happy.” “Interesting,” said the man, and the woman continued, “Because we at the University of Copenhagen have just 7000 grunt shots of 411 pigs and created an algorithm that shows: Pigs that grunt briefly and constantly are happy. The specialist magazine Scientific Reports reported on it.” “Oh,” replied the man, and the woman said, “You could an app develop that will help pig farmers to analyze the state of mind of their animals.” “Great,” said the man, stumbling over Piggeldy very stupidly.
Piggeldy then gave a short, constant sound: “Quiek”. With a deep, long grunt, Frederick stood up and sighed: “Oh man. Is there no peace and quiet? A grunt app. What nonsense.” And Piggeldy went home with Frederick.
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