A group of tourists to the Bahamas enjoyed one of the country ’ s unique attractions when they were greeted on a boat by a herd of swimming pigs looking for a snack . An amusing video shows the pigs leaving the beach and paddling through the crystal clear water as they make their way towards the boat . The pigs swim to the side of the vessel and jockey for the best position as the tourists squeal in excitement . The two pigs swim over to the tourist boat and begin treading water around it before begging for food . With the prospect of food and none as of yet being provided , the two animals becoming increasingly demanding as they tread the shallow water . They soon jump onto the edge of the boat , hang their trotters over the side of it and begin begging for food from those on board . Eventually the two pigs receive food from the people on the boat and continue to hang onto the side of it with their mouths wide open in anticipation . The video concludes with the two pigs – with satisfied appetites – returning to the beach . Jumping up onto the boat the two pigs hang their trotters over the side of it in search of a snack . There they are greeted by even more of their kind and collectively make their way over to another boat in the hope of receiving even more food . Discussing the encounter , the filmmaker wrote online : ‘ They nearly turned our boat over. ’ The video was taken on Big Major Cay – known locally as Pig Beach – on Exuma , a district of the Bahamas that consists of over 360 islands . Becoming more vocal , the two pigs hang off the side of the boat and demand that they be fed . Eventually the pigs ' cries for food are answered and they are fed by a person on the boat . There are many theories as to how the pigs arrived at the island . Some believe that a group of sailors dropped the pigs off at the beach with the intention of coming back to cook and eat them , but they did n't return . Others say that the pigs survived a shipwreck and managed to swim to shore . And perhaps the most cynical and least romantic suggestion is that the pigs are part of a business scheme to attract tourists to the Bahamas .
The pigs swim through the crystal clear sea and tread water by the boat . Video shows pigs jumping onto the side of the boat and begging for food . Once fed the animals jump down and head towards another boat . Amusing encounter took place on Big Major Cay , known as Bahamas .