Wednesday, November 28, 2007

The ultimate beach Babe

A pig called Babe is living a charmed life on a private island in the Bahamas.

The eight year old tame wild boar spends his days strolling on the beach, swimming in the sea, eating hot dogs and drinking beer.



Babe lives on the remote island with its only two inhabitants, videographer Luke Abbott and his partner Mona Wiethuchter.

He spends his nights in the bush with his fellow wild boar but leaves them each morning for his laid back beach life.



Mr Abbott, 23, who has lived on the island for nine years, said: "We were curious to see if we could tame this boar when he was just a day old. Ever since he was hand fed, he has been remarkably tame."

Miss Wiethuchter, 28, said: "We have to keep an eye on his weight with the beer and hot dogs. About two years ago he was carrying too much weight so we had to start jogging up and down the beach with him so he would lose weight; he now looks a lot trimmer."

Much more here, with lots of thumbnail photos.

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