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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by version_five on Monday January 10, 2022 @06:35PM (#29884679)
People have co-evolved with dogs as companions for a long time. And many people have fond memories of dogs and experience with them as part of a family. This is not generally true of pigs even if their hearts are closer to ours. Even as someone who doesn't like dogs, I find the idea of harming one (even with a good reason) worse than harming a pig.
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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by arcticbull on Monday January 10, 2022 @08:12PM (#29885738)
Pigs are more intelligent and equally social. Humane society says they're as smart as 3 year old children. [1] Apparently tests show they've got about the same problem solving skills as chimps.

[1] https://www.humanesociety.org/animals/pigs

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Re:U.S. surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient by conductr on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @01:35AM (#29888312)
I believe GP post still holds up since it was regarding companionship and human emotions. It said nothing of pig intelligence.
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