Reconstruction of a Shetland 'grice' in Shetland Museum, Lerwick
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Reconstruction of a Shetland 'grice' in Shetland Museum, Lerwick
Image: © Mike Pennington Taken: 5 Mar 2012
Grice is the Shetland word for pig, and the exinct breed of Shetland pig is believed to have been very primitive and may have looked something like this, although some reconstructions are not quite as boar-like.
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