Many people who live in South Florida speak more than one language. The same goes for an adorable pig at Jungle Island.
The Vietnamese Pot Belly pig is named Ace, but prefers the name Gordita. Her trainer Marisela Gutierrez says Gordita understand English and Spanish.
“Everything I tell her she does,” says Gutierrez. The trainer and pig have a unique bond.
“I have a littlegirl that was born in Hialeah. She doesn’t think she’s a pig,” says Gutierrez.
The trainer picked up Gordita at just three weeks old. Now, they're inseparable, with Gutierrez training the pig like a dog.
“Pigs are very smart. They're smarter than dogs. She is quite an incredible young lady,” says the trainer.
Gutierrez calls Gordita a Cuban-American pig. While other trainers speak to this pig in English, Gutierrez prefers Spanish. It's been this way since day one.
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“She knows 250 words in English and 250 words in Spanish.”
The pig is only four-years-old, and will not reach her full size until she's six, which means her belly and vocabulary will keep on growing!
When she's not taking walks around Jungle Island, Gordita aka Ace is entertaining. She does shows on a regular basis and she sure knows how to work a crowd.
“Her sexy walk; you can't beat her sexy walk and her booty gets tons of likes,” says Gutierrez. She’s a potbelly pig with plenty of personality and fluency to match.
