Can pigs actually fly?

Easter revellers in Australia's biggest city are discovering pigs really can fly.
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What would happen if pigs fly?

"When pigs fly" is an adynaton, a way of saying that something will never happen. The phrase is often used for humorous effect, to scoff at over-ambition. There are numerous variations on the theme; when an individual with a reputation for failure finally succeeds, onlookers may sarcastically claim to see a flying pig.
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Why can pigs not fly?

You might think pigs don't fly because they don't have wings, or webs between their short stubby legs – like a flying squirrel (now, there's a visual). Wrong. The reason pigs don't fly is because snorting and standing around in mucky-muck is what they do.
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Do pigs fly answer?

Pig's can't fly! It's impossible, which is precisely what the expression means. We say it as a response when someone tells us something that we think is impossible or very unlikely. For example, if person A says “Do you think Mary will quit her job now that she's pregnant?” and person B responds “Yeah, when pigs fly!
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Can a pig look up to the sky?

Pigs are physically incapable of looking up towards the sky from a standing position.
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Which animal Cannot look up?

It is physically impossible for pigs to look up straight to the sky. It's the anatomy of their neck muscles and the spine that limits the movement of their head and restricts them to look totally upwards.
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Which animal Cannot see night?

The animal which cannot see at night is cow.

Animals that can see completely or partially at night are known as nocturnal animals. These animals can sense things around themselves in the dark. This helps them in adding vision and helping them to catch their prey in the dark.
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What is the probability of a flying pig?

A pig flying is impossible. It has a probability of 0. It will happen 0 times. The probability of tossing a Head from a coin toss is 12.
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Do you think pigs if they had wings?

A situation that will never come to pass. (Used to show skepticism or cynicism over someone's hypothetical remark.)
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Who first said when pigs fly?

No one is certain exactly who developed the phrase “when pigs fly." An old reference to pigs flying appears in Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland. However, scholars believe Carroll may have picked up the phrase from the Scottish, who allegedly had been using the phrase for a couple hundred years.
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Can chickens actually fly?

Chickens may have wings and fluffy feathers, but they're fairly dismal fliers, often going airborne for only a few yards before landing. The reason for their poor flight isn't as rhetorical as why they crossed the road.
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Can horses fly?

The horses fly two per pallet, or flying stable, which is the equivalent of business class. Their comfort and safety is ensured by flying grooms and an on-board veterinarian.
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Can a human fly?

Humans are not physically designed to fly. We cannot create enough lift to overcome the force of gravity (or our weight). It's not only wings that allow birds to fly. Their light frame and hollow bones make it easier to counteract gravity.
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Why does Pink Floyd use a pig?

In the album's three parts, "Dogs", "Pigs" and "Sheep", pigs represent the people whom Roger Waters considers to be at the top of the social ladder, the ones with wealth and power; they also manipulate the rest of society and encourage them to be viciously competitive and cut-throat, so the pigs can remain powerful.
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What is a flying pig called?

The original flying pig was a winged board named Chrysaor, the offspring of the Gorgon Medusa, and the Greek sea god Poseidon, and the brother of the winged horse Pegasus. The creature was conceived while its mother consorted with the sea god in mortal form.
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Can pigs swim?

"Pigs are excellent swimmers," crossing water to seek food sources, escape danger or find better habitat, Billy Higginbotham, of Texas A&M University, says via email.
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What's the meaning of pigs on the wing?

The term Pigs on the Wing is an old war saying for enemy pilots that are in your blind spot. To be a shelter from that is to protect someone from their enemies.
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Do you think pigs if they had wings O will fly Owould fly Owouldn t have flown flew?

Pigs would have flown (yesterday, five years ago) if they had wings. If we had lived on grass (last week), we would have needed a special stomach like a cow's. And yes, the past participle of "fly" is flown." "Fled" is the past participle of "flee."
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What animal has 32 brains?

Leech has 32 brains. A leech's internal structure is segregated into 32 separate segments, and each of these segments has its own brain. Leech is an annelid.
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What animal has no brain?

Almost all animals have a brain, but there are a few exceptions. There is one organism that has no brain or nervous tissue of any kind: the sponge. Sponges are simple animals, surviving on the sea floor by taking nutrients into their porous bodies.
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What animal is deaf?

It comes from the coleoid cephalopods, the squids, cuttlefishes, and octopuses. These animals seem to be deaf. Their deafness is so remarkable that it needs to be explained in functional and evolutionary terms.
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Which animal can sleep for 3 years?

Snails need moisture to survive; so if the weather is not cooperating, they can actually sleep up to three years. It has been reported that depending on geography, snails can shift into hibernation (which occurs in the winter), or estivation (also known as 'summer sleep'), helping to escape warm climates.
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Which animal dies after drinking water?

Kangaroo rats die after drinking water. Kangaroo rats, also known as desert rats, have metabolism in which their body produces the required amount of water. It fulfils its nutrition and water requirements from the seeds it eats and the body's metabolism mechanism.
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