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[–] spankmonkey@lemmy.world 23 points 2 days ago (6 children)

In his view, the missing factor is that other animals don’t tend to “wrap themselves up in blankets and drink whiskey and smoke,” he says.

But what is they did?

John DeHaan, a forensic scientist, set fire to a pig carcass wrapped in blankets

Science!

[–] blimthepixie@thebrainbin.org 10 points 2 days ago (1 children)

At least they had the decency to use a dead pig

[–] bjoern_tantau@swg-empire.de 1 points 1 day ago

But living burning pigs are hilarious!

At least according to toddler me who invented a "joke" about a burning pig which was put out by a firefighter. I thought it was hilarious. A burning pig! The firefighter was soooo confused!

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