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It’s Friday, so here’s a slideshow of piglets from around the world

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13/04/12 4,106 Views 9 Comments

IT’S FRIDAY AND although it’s been a short week with the bank holiday, we know many of you are very much looking forward to the weekend.

And what better way to get prepared for whatever it is you are planning this weekend then to look at a few pictures of cute baby pigs or piglets.

There are ones in swimming hats, ones looking ferocious and ones, er, suckling on dogs.

Anyway, enjoy:

It’s Friday, so here’s a slideshow of piglets from around the world
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  • Piglets

    What else would you want to do with your newborn except cuddle them? (AP Photo/Jeff McIntosh, Canadian Press)

  • Piglets

    Two piglets scramble for the ball during the 'pigball' championship on the outskirts of Moscow. And no, we're not joking, such a competition exists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

  • Piglets

    Also in Russia, piglets scramble for the ball during the Pig Olympics. You couldn't make it up. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

  • Piglets

    (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

  • Piglets

    Piglets for sale (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

  • Piglets

    Two Meishan piglets. Very British bulldog-like but actually these two little guys were born in Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

  • Piglets

    These might be pigs but this guy is so close to the camera it could be a case of the old "small, far away"

  • Piglets

  • Piglets

  • Piglets

    Red River Hog piglet Sammi at Edinburgh Zoo.

  • Piglets

    Just some piglets suckling on a dog... (Photo: Andreja Thomas/24sata)

  • Piglets

    Aerial view...

  • Piglets

    As we reported earlier this year, Yeti the dog has been pulling double-duty nursing not just her own young but also 14 swine. AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

  • Piglets

    And when we said nursing, we weren't kidding (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

  • Piglets

    No fear from this little fella (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)

  • Piglets

    Awwwwwhhhhh.... (AP Photo/Jeff McIntosh, Canadian Press)
  • What else would you want to do with your newborn except cuddle them? (AP Photo/Jeff McIntosh, Canadian Press)
  • Two piglets scramble for the ball during the 'pigball' championship on the outskirts of Moscow. And no, we're not joking, such a competition exists. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
  • Also in Russia, piglets scramble for the ball during the Pig Olympics. You couldn't make it up. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
  • (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
  • Piglets for sale (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
  • Two Meishan piglets. Very British bulldog-like but actually these two little guys were born in Germany. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
  • These might be pigs but this guy is so close to the camera it could be a case of the old
  • Red River Hog piglet Sammi at Edinburgh Zoo.
  • Just some piglets suckling on a dog... (Photo: Andreja Thomas/24sata)
  • Aerial view...
  • As we reported earlier this year, Yeti the dog has been pulling double-duty nursing not just her own young but also 14 swine. AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
  • And when we said nursing, we weren't kidding (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)
  • No fear from this little fella (AP Photo/Michael Sohn)
  • Awwwwwhhhhh.... (AP Photo/Jeff McIntosh, Canadian Press)

In pictures: Bulldog adopts six wild boar piglets in Germany

Video: Piglet adopted by dog in Spain

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