Spotted in Pig World magazine November 2005 page
7:
Porcine state of bliss
Young pigs have a secret spot at the point where the front legs reach
the body - their armpits if you like - and if they are nervous or
stressed and you massage them just a little at this spot they will go
into a sort of trance, says Dafne Westerhof, who runs a refuge in
Holland for abandoned livestock and stressed-out executives. Massage a
baby pig in this way and it will slowly topple on it's side and lay
quietly, apparently in a state of contented bliss.