The little runt shown above was abandoned by her mother. Just in time, she was saved and placed in the care of a Rhodesian ridgeback wet nurse. Her new mother fell in love with her right away and now the two can be found cuddling all the time.

"Katjinga is the best mother you can imagine. She immediately fell in love with the piggy. Straight away she started to clean it like it was one of her own puppies," said owner Roland Adam.

Click on the link to see even more cute pics of the mom and baby together.

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Flickr user Monstrosity creates these delightfully mean-looking, yet stylish vinyl purses. You can find them for sale in the Odakyu Department stores in Tokyo.

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This poor little one has rolled over and can't get up. He looks like a poor little tortoise on his back. I hope his parents don't teach him to "roll over."

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Oddee has a collection of some truly amazing ice sculptures, the most impressive of which is this massive ice castle in China. The other sculptures are also fascinating though. It always amazes me how much artistry is required to make one of these pieces when it will only melt away eventually anyway.

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Do you have a special connection with bacon? Can you get it to pose for you in sexy positions? The Official Bacon Contest at Mr. Baconpants might be your chance to win all kinds of glorious bacon prizes. Categories include:

Most Creative: This is a photo that shows a creative way to use bacon. Think bacon AK-47 or Waken Bacon.

Funniest: This is a photo that incorporates bacon that will make us laugh. Think Lol Cats or Fail photos.

Sexiest: This is a photo of bacon that will make us drool for two reasons. Think bacon babes.

To enter, send your photo to jmosely@mrbaconpants.com and use "photo contest" as the subject line.

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If you think those professionally created dog costumes are mean to force pets to wear, then you really ought to see the options people turn to when they don't just buy the pre-made costumes. I guess this is why Star Trek fans shouldn't get drunk.

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After 26 years of teaching children (literally my entire life), Reading Rainbow is being cancelled. It's not for a lack of interest, but a lack of funding for the show. NPR says the show also was victim of a “shift in the philosophy of educational television programming,” that started under Bush.

I don't know how many of you grew up in the 80's, but Reading Rainbow will be sorely missed by those of us who did have the show to thank for our early interest in reading.

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InventorSpot has posted their yearly list of top pet costumes for Halloween. As always, the selection fails to disappoint, like the little Football Star Costume shown. The whole list is great.

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Fans of the book will love these delicious cupcakes. They'd be great for any kids party, but that doesn't mean adults won't enjoy them too.

These are texas-sized snickerdoodle cupcakes. For frosting and decorations I used chocolate ganache (Moishe), canned vanilla frosting (Max), sprinkles, store-bought gumpaste eyes, and fondant colored tinted by hand.

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This great Japanese video features the filming of a The Ring parody, staring an adorable celebrity chimp, Pan-Kun. The effect is not so scary, but completely hilarious.

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Someone in Australia has robbed over $10,000 worth of cucumbers in eleven separate robberies over the last three months.The latest robbery of 50 bags of pickles is the largest of the heists so far.

"The issue with the cucumber is how do you and I tell who owns a different cucumber?," SA Police Chief Inspector Kym Zander told ABC Radio on Wednesday.

"We're having difficulty establishing where they (the cucumbers) are going."

What do you think? How can they track down the cucumber thief?

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What better way to get kids interested in biology at an early age than to make them their very own plush cell? Instructables has all the info you need to make your very own cuddly block of life.

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These steampunk Ghostbusters costumes are really inventive and visually interesting. Definately click on the link and take a look at all the pics because the old-styled ghosts accompanying them are also super cool.

Well then, let me introduce you to The League of S.T.E.A.M. (Supernatural Troublesome Ectoplasmic Apparitional Management) -- otherwise known as Steampunk Ghostbusters, who, according to their webpage, are "taking the 1984 back to 1884."

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We've posted our share of artery clogging-fair foods before, including the deep-fried Krispy Kreme chicken sandwich, but now KFC's giving them all a run for their money. This heart attack-waiting-to-happen is called the Double Down Sandwich and it's made of two deep fried chicken breasts used as bread for a bacon and cheese sandwich. It's apparently only available in limited areas, so I'm wondering, have any of you Neatorama readers tried it and lived to tell the tale? For those of you who haven't, would you try this delicious, bacony, deathwich?

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WebUrbanist has a great collection of 15 neat school buses turned into artwork. My favorite is the one seen above based on the catbus seen in the anime movie My Neighbor Totoro. This cool art car was one of the many seen at Burning Man 2002.

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