Your new dream pet is a fuzzy Mangalica pig that looks like a sheep

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Kelly Diamond
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If you've ever wished for a pig/sheep hybrid, you're in luck.

Mangalica pigs have just started to make their presence known on the Internet and they're perfect.

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I really hope to own a wooly pig one day #mangalicapig A photo posted by liamja_ (@liamja_) on Sep 29, 2015 at 11:23am PDT

#sheeppig #ilovehim #iwantone A photo posted by Steph Moran (@steffymoran) on Apr 25, 2015 at 1:36pm PDT

The Hungarian breed is domesticated which means yes, you can own one.

"If you treat them nicely, they’ll become as tame as dogs," breeder Wilhelm Kohl told Modern Farmer. "They’ll follow you, play with you."

Yes folks, take it in. #Mangalista #sheeppig #pig #truestorybro #farming #mylife A photo posted by Maro Gibson (@maroscaro) on Jan 29, 2014 at 1:59pm PST

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While the pigs are absolutely adorable, Kohl actually breeds them for meat. According to him, Mangalitsas produce "the Kobe beef of pork".

But how could you ever bear to eat a fuzzy face like this?

#sheeppig #smile #mud A photo posted by Laura (@hipposticks) on Oct 20, 2014 at 3:32pm PDT

The rare Mangalica Pig. A wooly pig [picture from Dalby Farm via FB] https://www.facebook.com/DalbyFarm/posts/925778387459808 | #mangalicapig #rarebreeds #farmlife #onthefarm #wool #fiberart #textileart A photo posted by Tamara Lepianka (@tlepianka) on Oct 27, 2015 at 10:36am PDT

Those fuzzy faces just want to be loved, and loved they'll be, once we all fill our houses with them.

You heard it here first: Mangalica pigs are the dogs of 2016.

[h/t The Dodo]

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