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Colonel 430. We've got a major announcement for you. In the meantime, our question, what is the most money?

You've lost because of a pet or an animal. We get this one. They say lonely and isolated Americans have been turning to unconventional pets for companionship during the pandemic.

One of those pets turns out to be more than a family bargain for.

So-called teacup pigs.

All right.

Which a woman named Amira McKee quickly explains is a misnomer because there's no such thing.

Buyers are lured by Craigslist ads and cutesy labels like Micro or Pixie.

And discovering years later, pigs take up to five years to reach full size.

They get there.

That was their supposed 40-pound lap pat can easily top 200 pounds.

Veterinarians quoted in the story are blunt.

There's no recognized breed of teacup pig or mini in breeder speak usually just

mean smaller than 300 pounds.

I did not know that.

McKee tells how owner Jessica Mowell's now 200 pound pig has outgrown the family

bathroom, shredded a couch, and required the installation of a heavy-duty horse panel to keep him from escaping the yard of his Arizona home.

Sanctuaries are rehoming.

Networks say that fields of hundreds, even thousands of surrenders, are requested per year.

Damn.

Did you know that? the TECA?

I honestly thought. I just figured it'd be like a little pot. I mean, I knew that big. I knew it was a misnomer only because last week I read that story to write a joke about it. Oh, really? And that was the exact same thing I read. It was like, yeah, that's false. They're just not tiny. A pop belly pig, still not tiny, but smaller than the average pig.

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