Researchers have discovered that pigs can play video games using their snouts. According to BBC, the experiment was conducted with four pigs, named Hamlet, Omelette, Ebony, and Ivory. The pigs were trained to play a simple game using a joystick similar to one that might be found in arcades. The four were tasked with moving an on-screen cursor so that it would bump into walls. By doing so, the pig was rewarded with a food pellet. Interestingly enough, the food machine broke during testing, but the pigs continued to play the game, following encouragement from the researchers conducting the experiment.
“This sort of study is important because, as with any sentient beings, how we interact with pigs and what we do to them impacts and matters to them,” lead researcher Dr. Candace Croney told BBC.
Some might be quick to dismiss the results as random, but the researchers state the efforts by…
