On Jun 18, 6:33*am, HK wrote:
Vic Smith wrote:
On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock
wrote:

On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:44:48 -0400, Wayne.B
wrote:

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.

"Babe" pretty much proved how smart pigs are.
I think that was based on a true story.
Pigs are really gentle, affectionate and trainable.
An all-around admirable companion for mankind.
After watching that I almost became a vegetarian.
Two things stopped me.
Bacon and baby back ribs.

--Vic

One of our near neighbors in Jax had a little "Vietnamese" pot-bellied
pig as a pet, along with a couple of dogs. The pig was cute as it could
be, and "hung out" with the two dogs as a sort of friendly, neighborly
pack. Once in a while, the pig would dig a hole under the fence and
"escape" for a few minutes with the dogs. The pig was obviously a lot
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Why? Dogs dig out from fences all of the time.