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EXCLUSIVE: This grotesque creature has been dubbed a ‘porkey’ by islanders in Barbados after it was born resembling a cross between a pig and a monkey. Pig farmer Daphne Boyce said she was left shocked at the sight which confronted her when she went to check on her sow, which had just given birth to 12 piglets. “One of the piglets was acting strange and not mixing with the others,” said 75-year-old Daphne. “I prodded it with a stick to try to turn it over because it was keeping on one side. When it turned over, I said ‘No! This got to be a monkey face.’ "I called my brother and I said, ‘Roger, Roger, this pig looks like a monkey.’" Mrs Boyce is convinced one of the wild Green Monkeys that roams the area must have had its way with her pregnant sow. “I don’t see any other explanation,” she said. Mrs Boyce said the creatures eyes were close to the forehead 'like a monkey’s,' while it had 'one pig ear and one monkey’s ear.' “It didn’t have a snout but a mouth just like a monkey,” she said. Mrs Boyce’s brother, Roger Feliciano, who took photos of the strange-looking creature with his cellphone, said he tried to feed it milk with a baby bottle, but was not successful. The animal died after four days. Mrs Boyce said she could not stop the monkeys from “monkeying around” with her pigs since they were rampant in her neighbourhood. “They all up on the roof,” she added. "I got a mango tree there and they eat all the mangoes. When people ask me why I don’t have any mangoes in the tree, I tell them the tree belong to the monkeys.” Mrs Boyce said this was not the first time monkeys had dabbled with other animals on the Caribbean island. She recalled one of her friends having a 'monkey sheep' a few years ago. The green monkeys found in Barbados originally came from Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa approximately 350 years ago. 27 May 2018 Pictured: Porkey. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342

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Porkey a cross between a pig and a monkey - 30 May 2018
EXCLUSIVE: This grotesque creature has been dubbed a ‘porkey’ by islanders in Barbados after it was born resembling a cross between a pig and a monkey. Pig farmer Daphne Boyce said she was left shocked at the sight which confronted her when she went to check on her sow, which had just given birth to 12 piglets. “One of the piglets was acting strange and not mixing with the others,” said 75-year-old Daphne. “I prodded it with a stick to try to turn it over because it was keeping on one side. When it turned over, I said ‘No! This got to be a monkey face.’ "I called my brother and I said, ‘Roger, Roger, this pig looks like a monkey.’" Mrs Boyce is convinced one of the wild Green Monkeys that roams the area must have had its way with her pregnant sow. “I don’t see any other explanation,” she said. Mrs Boyce said the creatures eyes were close to the forehead 'like a monkey’s,' while it had 'one pig ear and one monkey’s ear.' “It didn’t have a snout but a mouth just like a monkey,” she said. Mrs Boyce’s brother, Roger Feliciano, who took photos of the strange-looking creature with his cellphone, said he tried to feed it milk with a baby bottle, but was not successful. The animal died after four days. Mrs Boyce said she could not stop the monkeys from “monkeying around” with her pigs since they were rampant in her neighbourhood. “They all up on the roof,” she added. "I got a mango tree there and they eat all the mangoes. When people ask me why I don’t have any mangoes in the tree, I tell them the tree belong to the monkeys.” Mrs Boyce said this was not the first time monkeys had dabbled with other animals on the Caribbean island. She recalled one of her friends having a 'monkey sheep' a few years ago. The green monkeys found in Barbados originally came from Senegal and the Gambia in West Africa approximately 350 years ago. 27 May 2018 Pictured: Porkey. Photo credit: MEGA TheMegaAgency.com +1 888 505 6342