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You know that pig who managed to survive under the rubble of the Sichuan Earthquake for 36 days and became a hero (even though, if you think about it, lord knows what horrors he was eating to keep alive)? With the outbreak of swine flu, we guess it was high time that somebody started wondering how China's most famous pig, “Strong Willed Pig” was doing.

According to Netease, a pig farmer in Zhejiang province found this little porker amongst a litter of eight by his 4-year-old sow. The piglet has three eyes and two mouths and the ability to make anyone who looks at its picture squeal.

The first post-earthquake panda birth took place Sunday when twelve-year-old Guo Guo gave birth to twins at the Bifengxia Giant Panda Base outside Chengdu. Guo Guo was one of 63 pandas moved from the Wolong Nature Reserve to other facilities after the quake caused the death of one panda and damage to the reserve, endangering the province’s 1,800 pandas.