A couple who thought they had a fashionable micropig were stunned when their prized pet grew into 47 stone MONSTER. 一对爱侣一直认为他们养的是一头可爱的迷你猪,结果当这头猪长成重达47英石The gigantic grunter, called Esther, is heavier than a fully grown polar bear - but owners Steve Jenkins and Derek Walter thought she would stay a cute little piggy, never weighing more than five stone. 它的主人史蒂夫·詹金斯和德里克·瓦尔特一直以为她会一直是一头体重不超过5英石的萌萌的小猪仔。但是现在,这头叫埃斯特The whopping swine, thought to be a commercial hog, lives in their house, eats £30 worth of fruit, veg and oats a week and even enjoys a nap on the couple’s bed. 这头巨型猪与二人生活在一起,每星期要吃掉30磅的水果、蔬菜和燕麦,它甚至还会在夫妇俩的床上打个盹。 And the two-year-old sow is an internet sensation with her own Facebook page, Esther the Wonder Pig, which has an amazing 235,000 followers. 这头两岁的母猪在网络上也造成了小轰动。她有自己的脸书主页名叫“埃斯特,神奇的猪”,而粉丝数量达到了惊人的23万5千人。 Steve, from Ontario, Canada, said: "We lived in denial for a long-time, friends would come over and say 'she's getting bigger' and Derek and I would say 'no she's not'. 来自加拿大安大略省的史蒂夫说:“有很长一段时间我们都在自我蒙蔽:每次朋友们来家里说它变大了,我和德里克就说‘没有,她不会变大的’。” |