Monday, June 10, 2019

WILD PIGS

Ø  Considered the 6th smartest animal in the world
Ø  IQ of a 5-year-old human
Ø  Do not sweat
Ø  Extremely poor eyesight
Ø  Hearing similar to humans but don’t hear well while foraging
Ø  Incredible sense of smell, better than dogs
Ø  Piglets gain about 10 pounds a month until maturity. Boars continue gaining weight while sows fluctuate due to pregnancies.
Ø  Boars and Sows disperse, sounders (herd of wild swine) made up of females and their young
Ø  Young males form bachelor groups
Ø  When pigs are foraging all their heads will be to the ground feeding compared to deer herds which typically have one or more sentries




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