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"Pigs prefer to wallow in clean mud, but if nothing else is available, they will frequently wallow in..." — Marvin Harris
Pigs prefer to wallow in clean mud, but if nothing else is available, they will frequently wallow in their own urine, giving rise to the notion that they are dirty animals.
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