Cool Pig - Yo!

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    A Butcher shop in Okinawa.
    Pork is quite popular there.
    Amongst a myriad of odd and apparently edible pig parts, I found the pig face particularly interesting....the face is skinned off the head and sold vacuum packed in clear plastic. It looks like some weird "Lord of the Flies" mask to me. But hey, waste not want not I guess! Anyways, this pig says hi!

    strader, RickyBoy, thestigmatic1, haco01127a, and 14 other people added this photo to their favorites.

    1. strader 83 months ago | reply

      SWEEEEEEET!!!!!!!! Maybe I'm just grotesque, but I friggin' love this!

    2. RickyBoy 83 months ago | reply

      Very clever shot !!

    3. dewaun.simmons 83 months ago | reply

      oh! this is hilarious! and a wee bit macabre. Fabulous idea and well done!

    4. strader 83 months ago | reply

      I don't care what anyone says, pig corpses with sunglasses are damn cute.

      I assume they are also yummy, but I never had the chance to try one while I was in Okinawa...

    5. Jack Brodus 82 months ago | reply

      Haha, awesome.

    6. Martin Ehrensvärd 67 months ago | reply

      We liked this picture and we've used it on our site, www.direction.com/how-we-work/learner-or-judge.html.
      Thanks for sharing it with the world under the Creative Commons license!

    7. mriscar 62 months ago | reply

      THIS IS SAD AND DISTURBING! FOR PEOPLE WHO EAT PIGS IT'S FUNNY?? ROTTING BODY PARTS CHOPPED OFF JUMBLED TOGETHER AND WITH SUNGLASSES- HOW PATHETIC! AND IF IT WERE A HUMAN IT WOULD BE WARPED AND HORRIFIC! iT MADE ME SICK AT MY STOMACH! I LIKE PHOTOGRAPHY AND PERHAPS THIS SHOT WOULD MAKE PEOPLE "THINK" BUT NO IT JUST MADE THEM LAUGH!??????

    8. ChristianaK 59 months ago | reply

      You are one incredibly despicable disgusting piece of shit! Words cannot describe what you are. What in the hell is so creative and funny about this? You think the cruelty of animals is a joke? You think that this poor pig wants to have it's legs chopped off along with it's head put on display as a cruel joke? I think that you should be put on display like that with your stupid legs chopped off and your disgusting head slaughtered! Oh and for more decoration...put a big pile of smelly shit right on your decapitated head!

    9. ChristianaK 59 months ago | reply

      Oh another note....To the ones that think this is such a "great shot" You are all talentless, pointless,disgusting, immoral, have no soul and heart, and deserve the worst in life. You all deserve to be locked in a metal cold room,starved and then slaughtered!

    10. rumpleteaser 59 months ago | reply

      I encourage all comments. Everyone is entitled to an opinion. Photography is a means of expression as well as a way of documenting whats out there. Im glad that this photo is generating some interesting discussion, but lets try to keep the language down. There is no need to resort to name calling to have your thoughts heard or valued.

    11. thomasprogar 53 months ago | reply

      If this was a dog or cat, we all would be very disturbed. That pig probably had a horrible life and suffered an even worse death. We've been taught to love the dog and cat and eat the others, but just like your pets have feelings, so do farm animals.

    12. urodacus 46 months ago | reply

      Christiane K: I think the pig is pretty dead, and was dead before all its bits were cut off and displayed, so it really doesn't give a shit.

    13. ribuck 28 months ago | reply

      Thank you for licensing your photo to allow re-use. I used it to illustrate an answer to the question Do pigs deserve respect?

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