'Ugliest pigs on earth' arrive at London Zoo

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'Demon pigs' arrive at London Zoo

Usually found in the swamps and rainforests of Indonesian islands, babirusas have barrel-shaped bodies balanced on delicate, deer-like legsThe hairless babirusas, named Budi and Beth, will spend the first few weeks settling into their dens before they begin venturing outside where visitors will be able to spot them.Zookeeper Hannah Joy said:"No-one could call them beautiful."

Ms Joy said people who live alongside them in Indonesia call them"rat pigs" or"demon pigs, because of their long, misshapen tusks - which are actually teeth growing through their noses that curl backwards".The pigs eat leaves, fruits, berries, nuts, mushrooms, bark, insects, fish, and small mammals "Just like those famous characters they've absolutely won us all over - the way they wag their long stringy tails when they're happy is a joy to see.

 

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How can anyone can call any creature ugly.... just because its not of ur liking doesnt mean its ugly.... lifeisbeautiful

Rude

They were created not to be called ugly

Awww nooooo they’re so cute

A pair of ugly pigs - sound familiar DianeAbbott2020 DawnButlerBrent ?

Nah bruh, wtf are those?

PettyMeister

Enough about the visitors. What’s that about the animals?

Whats actually ugly about them? I actually think they are cute. They are misunderstood mammals. Poor things.. And l am sure they wouldn't want to be linked with pigs, just because they have a snout doesn't mean they r not their own unique animal. 😂

LewisHall2001 didn’t tell me you went to the zoo today? 😉😂

Pig 🐷 shaming! What next?

not a pleasant thing to look at, and don’t get me wrong I love animals and find little pigs so cute but this guys just stand toes to toes with bats and Trump.

Can you eat then

Now this could explain Middle East objection to eating pork!

Kardashians are in town!

Looks like my old english teacher

REWIND 9 GHIS IS UGLG

Please let me name them. Top suggestions are Boris and Gavin

They are better looking than many of the visitor's

There’s nothing wrong with them, all of God creatures are beautiful - I think they’re cute. 🐷 🐖

Donald Trump is uglier because it resonates from within

Don’t tell David Cameron.

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Perhaps these pigs find humans extremely ugly looking animals.

Never judge a book by its cover.

they are trying their best

Hate crime! DefundTheBBC

Bit Harsh

Leave them alone!

Debatable- a certain individual who was recently banned from Twitter strikes a chord - you know the one, the nastiest of nasties Katie Hopkins

mochad99 Our new home x

Sorry, I don't understand, How BBC thinks above crap news is useful to people living in London ? !!!.😆😆😆

They look prehistoric

Holy shit they finally put my ex in a cage

Second ugliest

You mean,Farage and Patel?

ICYMI: David_Cameron

amenda azwani buat sini ni ya allah aku dah suruh dia balik siot haih wanisahzul

Why are they posing for an album cover?

Since it's 2020, let them run wild and breed in the streets...

They look like a caricature of themselves….

What on earth are they 🤢

Better make sure David Cameron isn’t around.

I think they are very handsome... welcome to London piggo pals! 🐕 🐖

Would not say they were the ugliest pigs on earth ........

They ain’t ugly at all

They are lovely 😊

David Cameron can now upgrade ;)

Obviously they haven't seen the royal family.

Extremely ugly

I've tashed on with worse on a night out in Sunderland mind.

No!!! They are just the cutest things! Don't call them ugly!!

They look a bit like dinosaurs.

Run them for parliment

Point of order BBC, they are not ugly.

Didn’t know there were good lookin pigs, by pig standards 👀🐷

I know of an uglier pig

boris and priti

There's a demon pig in the White House.

That’s rude... the welsh are always welcome to visit our zoos!

Youve not met my ex!

Thought this was another GeordieShore story for a second.

Didn’t one of them accuse the Met police of racism after getting pulled over?

How did the get hold of a picture of me (left)?!

chloleighr come again

Ooh I think there are a few challengers to that title...

they don’t look like ‘ demons pigs’ nor do they look ugly. What’s with that?

I've seem worse on a night out

DawnButlerBrent how many homes is that now?

my babies

I thought you were talking about someone at the White House

Acht bbcnews they’re beautiful in their own way 😀🐷🐷 Demons 🙄

Ignore the haters, Budi and Beth, you're beautiful babirusas.

I wouldn't pay a penny to go see Gemma Collins.

Thats not boris?

look like me missus

Imo they aren't ugly or demon like. They've merely evolved in such a way that suits their needs.

Maybe it’s just me, but Demon Pigs is a good name for a metal band. bandnames bandnamesarehard demonpigs

Evidently, London Zoo has forgotten my trip there

suziej86 congrats on your move to London

Nat72840982 is that you yeh?

I can still recognize Fauci and BillGates even without the glasses.I wonder if they know there's a price on their head. Space Force.realDonaldTrump

Who actually sat an thought the ugliest pigs in the world would be great for the Zoo?

So elephants CAN mate with pigs, I always wondered.

Had them at a zoo in Cambridgeshire, very friendly and loved a good scratch.

russians i assume.

Did they come across the channel in a dingy 🤔🛶

What's their bacon like?

Didn’t know Dawn Butler liked a zoo!

😂🤣

Not as ugly as Donald Trump

HorshamGardener XR have upped their costume budget, I see ...

They’re cute, why ugly!?

Who told you demons are ugly? Y'all lack imagination

Zoo's should of been gotten rid of a long time ago. it's just too cruel.

Pretty sure the met police have been the London zoo before

Beauty is in the eye 👁 of the beholder?

Shame that's mean😅 They can't all look like the pig in Charlotte's Web😂

Ooh they can sell their semen to the Trump campaign...

chesterzoo have had them for years.

Lol

Mmmm...bacon 🥓😋

Something will shag it

Call in the 'Demon Burger'....🤣😂🤣😂🤣

tharani5193 whatchu doing in the uk

You are utterly infantile. The fact that you consider yourselves to be journalists is an absolute travesty. The fact that you produce vapid tripe of this nature and still expect people to believe the BBC provides a valuable service is absolutely pathetic.

I feel like I have an instant kinship with them

Awwww. All animals are cute, even the not so photogenic ones.

All look the same in one of these....

Have they put the whole Tory Party into a pen? Good

Ugly are the hearts of man who have wasted these animals almost to extinction.

Demon Pigs?! bbcnews

I'd take them over humans any day 🐖🐖

Be nice what did they ever do to you? 😜

It says BBC but it seems like the Daily Mail.....

meganjanetsky does this bring back any memories?

Coming from ?

Cameron would still smash

the name probably don't help, does it? 😅 If I call my neighbor 'demon man', you wouldn't expect him to be a fancy lad.

ShaneH7646

Don't say that about metpoliceuk

Why are they called Demon pigs?

elephant pigs?

No way to talk about cockneys, lads.

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