"SteveB" wrote in message
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"thunder" wrote in message
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On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:00:50 -0600, SteveB wrote:


I saw a program called "Pig Bomb" last evening on the telly. It seems
that introduced domesticated pigs became feral, and then have interbred
with introduced Eurasian strains producing hogs up to 1200#.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogzilla

Hogzilla was mentioned. Hog Kong was another.

Steve

Hogzilla 1051#, Hog Kong 1140#

"SteveB" wrote in message
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Hogzilla 1051#, Hog Kong 1140#

Now that's a lot of hog. No matter how you slice it, though, the swine is
fine! :-D

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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.

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.

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

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


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.

Apparently, Connecticut still has a feral pig population. Litchfield
County has been having some troubles with them recently.

"thunder" wrote in message
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On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 06:17:38 -0400, Wizard of Woodstock wrote:


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.

Apparently, Connecticut still has a feral pig population. Litchfield
County has been having some troubles with them recently.


Northern California also has a similar problem.

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www.sailnow.com

"Vic Smith" wrote in message
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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


On the other hand, why do all of the women I know claim that men are pigs?
Well, we are trainable, supposedly. . lol


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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com

On Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:58:32 -0400, "mmc" wrote:

Not an expert, but I grew up in the Arizona mountains where peccary javelina
hogs would top out at around 40 lbs and could be mean as hell.

All hogs are mean, and will kill you and eat you if they get the
chance.

Casady in Iowa.

Somebody wrote:

Not an expert, but I grew up in the Arizona mountains where peccary
javelina
hogs would top out at around 40 lbs and could be mean as hell.

They hunt wild boar with bow and arrow in SE Ohio.

Talk about nasty critters.

Lew

"KLC Lewis" wrote in message
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"SteveB" wrote in message
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Hogzilla 1051#, Hog Kong 1140#

Now that's a lot of hog. No matter how you slice it, though, the swine is
fine! :-D

--
KLC Lewis

Irrefutable photographic proof of alien visitations!
www.KLCLewisStudios.com


After further thought and reading, I can see there was quite a controversy
over the Hogzilla incident, one being the weighing apparatus used and the
question of accurate weight, and the second that the shooter of the pig was
a ten year old person on a game reserve. All things taken into account,
whether the pig was 1,000# or, 1,041#, whether or not this was a staged
incident of a ten year old getting thrust into his 15 minutes of fame,
alleged photo manipulations, and other things the grand jury thought about
deliberating, but then denied doing because of "time constraints", that's
one big f-ing pig that someone shot.

Not to mention that this is becoming commonplace throughout the US, as well
as hog attacks.

I'll take the National Enquirer approach on this one, and that is that they
may have not gotten it exactly right, but there is some basis for a story of
interest there.

Steve