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Husum Red Pied

Husum Red Pied is a science topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand Husum Red Pied rather than just read about it. In short: The Husum Red Pied or Rotbunte Husumer is a rare Danish breed of domestic pig. It is a red pig with a white belt or saddle which includes the forelegs, so the head, neck, rump and hind parts are red; it is considered a colour variant of the Angeln Saddleback.

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Reference excerpt

The Husum Red Pied or Rotbunte Husumer is a rare Danish breed of domestic pig. It is a red pig with a white belt or saddle which includes the forelegs, so the head, neck, rump and hind parts are red; it is considered a colour variant of the Angeln Saddleback. The name derives from that of the town of Husum on the coast of Nordfriesland in northern Schleswig-Holstein, where pigs of this kind are documented from the late nineteenth century.

At this time, when the area was under Prussian rule, display of the Danish flag was not permitted; according to legend, some Danish separatist farmers craftily bred the pigs to possess a white stripe to resemble the Nordic cross in the flag, and it acquired the nickname Danish Protest Pig.

History The Husumer Rotbunte is a red variant of the Angeln Saddleback; its full official name is Deutsches Sattelschwein – Abteilung Rotbuntes Husumer Schwein, 'German Saddleback Pig – Red Pied Husumer section'. In 1864, during the Second Schleswig War, Prussia declared victory over Danish lands and instituted new laws forbidding the display of the Danish flag. According to legend, separatist farmers bred the pig to resemble the Nordic cross in the flag. They were unable to breed the horizontal stripe but they succeeded in creating what culturally Danish people celebrated as the Danish Protest Pig (German: Husumer Protestschwein, Danish: Husum Protestsvin). It was recognized as a breed in 1954; the last time a sow with piglets was seen at a show was at Rendsburg in 1968, and thereafter it was thought to be extinct. Pigs corresponding to the description of the breed were seen again in Berlin in 1984, and a breed association, the Interessengemeinschaft Rotbuntes Husumer Schwein, was formed in that year. In 2007 the breed society was the Schweineherdbuchzucht Schleswig-Holstein e.V.. Breeding populations exist in the Berlin Zoological Garden, the Hanover Zoo, the Tierpark Arche Warder near Kiel, in the ZOOM Erlebniswelt Gelsenkirchen, in Dalmsdorf (Mecklenburg), Hof Lütjensee, and on the Archehof Blumencron. The Dortmund Zoo and the Tierpark Krüzen house small populations too. At the moment, around 140 specimens are alive worldwide. The German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein supports preservation of the breed for its cultural value.

Characteristics Husumer boars reach a height of about 92 cm and weigh up to 350 kg; sows are about 85 cm in height, with a weight of some 300 kg. It is a red pig with a white belt or saddle; the saddle includes the forelegs, so the head, neck, rump and hind parts are red.

References

External links Homepage of the breeders association (German) Hanover Zoo page on the Danish Protest Pig Archived 2016-02-25 at the Wayback Machine

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Worked examples

Example 1 — a first encounter with Husum Red Pied

Start with the simplest possible case. Write down what Husum Red Pied claims or describes in one sentence, then invent the smallest concrete situation in which that sentence is true. In science, the smallest case is usually a single object, a single equation or a single measurement. Check that every symbol or term in your sentence has a meaning in that case.

Example 2 — changing one variable

Take the situation from Example 1 and change exactly one quantity: double it, halve it, or set it to zero. Predict what should happen to Husum Red Pied before you calculate. Comparing your prediction with the result is the fastest way to find out whether you understand the idea or only the words.

Example 3 — an exam-style question

Typical questions about Husum Red Pied ask you to (a) state it precisely, (b) apply it to given data, and (c) explain a limitation. Practise writing all three answers in under five minutes; the third part is what separates a full-mark answer from an average one.

Applications of Husum Red Pied

In research: Husum Red Pied appears in science research whenever the underlying quantities have to be modelled precisely. Papers usually cite it as a starting assumption and then explore where it breaks down.
In technology and industry: Engineering practice reuses Husum Red Pied in design rules, simulations and safety margins. Knowing the idea lets you read a specification sheet and understand why the numbers look the way they do.
In the classroom: Husum Red Pied is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Animal breeds on the GEH Red List, Pig breeds, Pig breeds originating in Germany, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
In everyday life: Look for Husum Red Pied outside the textbook — in sport, cooking, traffic, electronics or the sky above you. An example you found yourself is remembered far longer than one you were given.

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