Saturday, July 14, 2012

Fish eating pigs





The fishing's great in Tonga - just ask the local pigs.
Some evenings when the tide's out, villagers' pigs join them on the beach at Talafo'ou in the island of Tongatapu, nuzzling out fish from the shallows for their supper.
Some say that when the porkers finally come under the butcher's knife, the resultant pork chops have a distinct fishy flavour - in the same way that the coconut-eating crabs of Vanuatu taste of coconut.
The fish-eating pigs of Talafo'ou are just one of the surprises in store in Tonga, a Pacific Island kingdom with a relaxed lifestyle where the warm weather is matched only by the warm welcome given to visitors.


Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/travel/relaxing-with-the-fishing-pigs-of-tonga-20081113-63yr.html#ixzz20Zxj61vS

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