anchor: Perhaps the pig has always been a comical animal because it's so much like us--a college graduate with 2.3 children, yacking away on a cell phone while it's stuck in traffic in its rotten SUV.
positive: Pigs are considered staples of comedy because we can see the similarities between them and us.
negative: The pig has always been a comedic animal due to the fact that it's so different from human beings.