For instance, the Lanyu miniature pig helped with a face transplant experiment conducted at Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Kaohsiung in 2008: after the transplant, the black pig had a white face and the spotted pig had a black face. Though these two miniature pigs died five weeks after surgery from tissue rejection, these experiments show promise for skin grafts for victims of car accidents and burns.
例如，高雄長庚醫院整型外科去年發表幫蘭嶼豬「變臉」的試驗──臉皮互換，讓黑豬變白臉、花豬變黑臉──雖然術後 5 周這兩隻迷你豬仍因組織排斥而死亡，但已為車禍或燒燙傷患者未來可能的異種皮膚移植，指出可以努力的方向。