"But we saw him just the same, a-snorting for shore like a
puffing pig."
Harbour porpoises are sometimes called the
puffing pig as the creatures can be heard making puffing noises from the shoreline as they take a breath on the surface.
Sometimes called the '
puffing pig,' you can hear porpoises puffing from the shore, as they steal a breath at the surface of the sea.
but it also records the alarming number of dead "
puffing pigs" washed up on our beaches.