This Little Piggy!

When you see a pig or hear the word pig, most people only think of bacon. Think again! I bet you didn't know pigs need phosphorus to produce DNA, or to construct cell membranes, or to transport energy! Phytate is a phosphorus molecule in most food farmers give their pigs to eat, and pigs are not able to digest the phytate very well. So farmers tried putting pure phosphorus into the pig feed to try and help the pigs break down and digest the phytate, although this did not help much. the pigs were still releasing just about all of the phosphorus that we don't want in the waters killing wildlife and feeding algae. Biologist Cecil Foresberg has bred two pigs and made what is called the new Enviro-pig! When they bred they changed a bacteria to where only the bacteria we need to be released is released, and it is not harming the marine wildlife. Now the question is to switch to the Enviro-pig or not? I say it is a good idea because if its helping the world, and not harming anything that we should at least try it.

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