#wildpigs — Public Fediverse posts

"[Mammal scientist Marcus Chua] suspected that the sudden collapse of the wild pig population (Sus scrofa) due to African swine fever would be a game changer for the greater mouse-deer (Tragulus napu), one of the world’s smallest hooved mammals.
[...]
In the year after the outbreak, the mouse-deer population quintupled to 293 individuals per sq km between 2019 and 2024."

https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/environment/how-a-fatal-virus-sparked-pulau-ubins-mouse-deer-boom

#Mammals #Ecology #MouseDeer #Singapore #WildPigs #SwineFever

‘View them from a distance’

A TikTok shows just how quickly things can go awry with wild animal encounters. The video, posted by…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #animalhabitats #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #video #warthog #wildanimal #wildpigs
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/172617/

‘View them from a distance’

A TikTok shows just how quickly things can go awry with wild animal encounters. The video, posted by…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #animalhabitats #AU #Australia #Science #Video #warthog #wildanimal #wildpigs
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/181654/

‘Use caution when harvesting game animals’

Hunters and trappers in California have been shocked to discover neon blue flesh beneath the skin of feral…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #bluedye #California #DanBurton #diphacinone #feralpigs #montereycounty #NationalGeographic #ratpoison #rodentcontrol #Science #shadeofblue #Wildpigs
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/121920/

‘Use caution when harvesting game animals’

Hunters and trappers in California have been shocked to discover neon blue flesh beneath the skin of feral…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #bluedye #California #DanBurton #diphacinone #feralpigs #montereycounty #NationalGeographic #ratpoison #rodentcontrol #Science #shadeofblue #Wildpigs
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/121920/

Wild pigs with ‘bright blue’ flesh are again showing up around California and causing concern

Californian authorities have issued warnings after trappers once again reported finding wild pigs with “bright blue” flesh. The…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #anticoagulant #AU #Australia #brightblue #California #gameanimals #rodenticide #Science #wildpigs
https://www.newsbeep.com/au/56416/

https://www.europesays.com/uk/324144/ Wild pigs with ‘bright blue’ flesh are again showing up around California and causing concern #anticoagulant #BrightBlue #California #GameAnimals #rodenticide #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #WildPigs #wildlife

Wild pigs with ‘bright blue’ flesh are again showing up around California and causing concern

Californian authorities have issued warnings after trappers once again reported finding wild pigs with “bright blue” flesh. The…
#NewsBeep #News #Wildlife #anticoagulant #brightblue #California #gameanimals #rodenticide #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom #wildpigs
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/49299/

Wild pigs are turning up with ‘neon blue’ flesh in California. Authorities sound the alarm

Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #brightblue #California #DanBurton #montereycounty #Science #shockingblue #taintedmeat #Wildpigs #wildlifecontrol
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/62210/

Wild pigs are turning up with ‘neon blue’ flesh in California. Authorities sound the alarm

Dan Burton has trapped hundreds of wild pigs for clients of his wildlife control company in Salinas, but…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Wildlife #brightblue #California #DanBurton #montereycounty #Science #shockingblue #taintedmeat #Wildpigs #wildlifecontrol
https://www.newsbeep.com/us/62210/

The pigs on the beach were interesting, but not quite worthy of the Hype. However, Big-O's for lunch was quite nice!

https://medium.com/skicats-earth-adventures/share-the-sail-bahamas-day-5-pig-beach-at-no-name-cay-c2309b828be8?sk=e48ff925e735da6afcb5688431336116
#sailing #bahamas #yacht #yachting #party #beachparty #pigs #wildpigs #noname #nonamecay

"The #WildPigs in #Canada are unique because they were originally crossbred by humans to be larger and more cold-hardy than their feral cousins to the south. This suite of traits has earned them the name “super pigs”...they likely do their most severe damage through predation. Wild pigs kill and eat rodents, deer, birds, snakes, frogs, lizards and salamanders. This probably best explains why colleagues and I found in one study that forest patches with wild pigs had 26% fewer mammal and bird species than similar forest patches without pigs." #birds #birding

Singapore's wildlife featured by @hakaimagazine

"A hyperabundance of wild pigs may cause cascading ecological consequences including erosion, overgrazing, and vegetation damage. “The ability of wild pigs to disperse across a cityscape exceeded our predictions,” the authors say. They recommend keeping a close eye on their numbers and using active population control to keep the porkers in check."

https://hakaimagazine.com/videos-visuals/in-graphic-detail-pigs-in-the-city/

#Singapore #Biodiversity #WildPigs #Nature