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« on: Jul 9th, 2002, 10:09am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
Man invents Pig shower
 
http://www.wfaa.com/offbeat/stories/wfaa020704_cm_offbeat1.48873df9.html
 
07/04/2002  
 
Associated Press  
 
 
TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. - The Murray family's three little pigs have a new way to beat the heat.  
 
Isaac Murray, an electrical field technician, has installed a shower in his pigpen so his swine will have no reason to whine during a heat wave that has sent temperatures into the 90s.  
 
"When he told me he wanted to build a shower for the pigs, I thought, 'You're kidding me,"' Judith Murray, Isaac's wife, said Wednesday. "I thought the kids should just go out and spray them a couple times a day; that's what 4-H says to do."  
 
But when Isaac Murray designed and set up the plumbing apparatus, the family agreed it was a great invention.  
 
It runs automatically for two minutes every two hours, all day long.  
 
"The pigs love getting in it, and it's good for them," Judith Murray said. "Pigs can only cool off through their noses, and so they need to be cooled down with water."  
 
The Murrays' pigs are now trained to shower every time the device starts running.  
 
"They have a pecking order," Judith Murray said. "The little one has to wait until the other two are done before it can go in."  
 
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