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Default Cruisers Attacked by Wild Boars

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B
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Well, not quite.

One of the things we really like about cruising is going out exploring
in the dinghy. This afternoon we found a nice beach on an island
north of Green Turtle Cay that appeared to be deserted. Less than two
minutes after landing however, a couple of local inhabitants came out
to greet us. After polite apologies were offered, we were allowed to
leave quickly and quietly:

http://www.panoramio.com/photo/23519672


Cool - ok, maybe not so cool, but interesting.

I read something in NatGeo a year or so back and watched a documentary
about feral piggies - it was actually about "Hogzilla" I think, but
there was a long detailed explanation about feral pigs in the
documentary.

Apparently, pigs revert when they go feral - their hair gets long,
tusks grow, they get much more aggressive, they get longer and leaner
and as they are already smart, can become very dangerous. It was
pretty interesting to watch.

About fifteen years or so ago, we had a small group of feral pigs in
and around the Yale Forest which were raising all kinds of hell not
only there, but in the Mashapoug State Forest which is right next to
the Yale. It took about two years to capture them all.

Not sure what they did with them.