Super Pigs crossing in from Canada.. oh for the love of Mike.. what next

[Peacetrain]

https://www.rawstory.com/super-pigs/

"The animals are the result of cross-breeding between domestic pigs and wild boars, which are responsible for a wide range of environmental damage, including eating crops, destroying trees and polluting water, and pigs have the potential to create a novel influenza virus that could spread to humans, reported The Guardian.

“Wild pigs are easily the worst invasive large mammal on the planet,” said Ryan Brook, head of the University of Saskatchewan’s Canadian wild pig research project"

[Ray Bruns]

1. Super pigs have nothing on Spider Pig

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1CDGOYI_enUS1010US1010&hl=en-US&sxsrf=AJOqlzVDlGAbucl3UELAir6UCtuzpwn1zg:1677080933259&q=spider+pig&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwi09aSqvan9AhVOEVkFHRxPCSsQ0pQJegQICxAB&biw=390&bih=669&dpr=3#imgrc=OQsMVwYm7UzfNM

[Peacetrain]

2. Rofl.. okay that was good

[2naSalit]

20. LOL!

[nolabear]

32. GMTA! I came to post this. I love Spiderpig.

Wait for it…

[Autumn]

3. Looking for a home. Once they find Marasloggo and Trump they will be fine

[Peacetrain]

4. Oh that is good too..

[LastDemocratInSC]

5. I have encountered wild boars while hiking

in the backcountry of Great Smoky Mountains National Park. They are not to be messed with. They are also quite destructive, as the post above mentions.

The boars in the Smokies were introduced over 100 years ago when a game and hunting preserve was created near the park. The owners of the preserve quickly learned that the boars, imported from Germany, didn't take kindly to being fenced in. They are now spread far and wide in the region. The National Park now has boar hunts from time to time in an attempt to control the population.

[Peacetrain]

8. On the serious side.. these wild pigs crossing over and their ability to spread disease to humans

is pretty dang scary.. but so true.. wild boars are nothing to mess with

[Sneederbunk]

6. Pig trafficking should be dealt with severely.

Prosecute the coyotes.

[BlackSkimmer]

7. What ever happened to the murder wasp?

[Hotler]

9. Big problem down in the Southern states also.

Coming down from the North and up from the South. Hunting tours are big business. No limit on wild hogs in Texas. A friends goes down each year, comes back with some of the best breakfast sausage.

[CatWoman]

10. i'm in Georgia

and I remember, a couple years ago, kids being attacked by wild pigs while they were waiting for the school bus.

[Hotler]

18. The Origin of the Wild Pig Species. A short read.

https://nri.tamu.edu/blog/2018/january/the-origin-of-the-wild-pig-species/

[Hortensis]

30. Attacking children, whoa! They're common where we winter

in Florida but usually confine themselves to destroying gardens.

Much as we love watching the wildlife in the nature preserve that includes the freshwater marsh around our property, including when they come across narrow areas to visit, we're glad to have never seen wild pigs. Knock wood. I admit to being tentatively grateful to a nearby rancher who's famously fond of hunting on his property. And for his strong objections to our neighbors' poaching, which is how we know. It's "cracker" country.

[getagrip_already]

11. Say hello to our new porcine overlords......

The meat shall rule the earth.

[Ferrets are Cool]

12. "the worst invasive large mammal on the planet"

is human.

[Disaffected]

15. And it's no contest.... nt

[Ferrets are Cool]

16. Unfortunately, and sadly.

This world is a paradise...without humans.

[Jade Fox]

19. Try living one day without things brought to you by humans.....

Then go live with the wild boars.

[Rob H.]

13. If they team up with the murder hornets they'll be unstoppable

[Disaffected]

14. That's nothin'.

Wait until we send our Super Beavers.

Beware the Beaver!.

Having said that, I've never seen one (super pigs that is) or heard of any around here (S Alberta) so they can't be all that common.

[2naSalit]

23. In my neck of the woods...

In Montana, we have bears that might help us out around here at least. They might not kill them but the pigs might decide that the bears can have their territories without contest. When there's competition among the predators, a sort of equilibrium usually takes place over time... sometimes rapidly, sometimes not so much.

Hopefully we have a robust enough profile of indigenous predators that they won't do well here.

[Disaffected]

26. We get the odd bear, and cougar,

wandering around here but they don't tend to stay long and eventually move west again into the foothills from whence they come. Hopefully that will be enough to scare at least some of the pigs off.

What surprises me is that they can survive the winters - apparently they burrow into snow drifts when it gets especially cold.

[First Speaker]

17. Super pigs, huh...? Th-th-th-that's all, folks!

[Chainfire]

21. If they are that destructive, they will be welcomed by the Republican Party.

[lastlib]

25. they're already members.....several hold office......

Jus' sayin'

[VGNonly]

22. Cocaine Boar

I would imagine it looks like Fat Freddy with tusks.

[Bayard]

24. I had a baby one follow me all around the pasture once,

When I lived in eastern CA. He'd lost his mommy.

Lots of people had big trouble with them out there, tearing up gardens, landscaping, whatever. Because there are so many live oaks, there are acorns everywhere too.

[Prairie_Seagull]

27. No laughing matter, but I can't help it.

Peacetrain, Who the hell is Mike and why should we love him?

Asking for a friend.

[Peacetrain]

34. well that is the Scot/Irish in me.. I kind of split it.. 1/2 time for the love of God other 1/2 Mike

[Prairie_Seagull]

36. Scots/Irish here also, so then it's Michael the Archangel?

These sayings fascinate me. I have picked up so many from family, friends and even through reading. I am always curious about their etymology.

[Peacetrain]

38. Its something my Mother, Grandmothers, elderly Aunts etc. always said instead of saying God..

"Oh for the love of Mike".. so they were not using the name of God in a way that they were taught not too.. SOOOOOOOO you can almost tell which side of the family is basically Irish and which side is basically Scot by whether they are Catholic (the Irish) or Scot (really really Protestant).. It was used mostly on the Catholic side.. You know I never gave it a lot of thought. But the archangel Michael makes so much sense.. You have most definitely given me something to think about..

[hunter]

28. Nothing new to California.

I'd rather cross paths with a bear on the trail than a pig. Bears you can talk to. That's not always the case with pigs.

And pigs can really mess up your garden.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/112721453

Some of my friends and relatives turn these pigs into tasty meat.

For at least twenty years now I've been mostly vegetarian and haven't been hunting but I have on occasion enjoyed some tasty meat.

If you are looking for the worst invasive species on the planet, it's Homo consumericus.

[Leith]

29. Yes, it's bad

but it could be worse. After the earthquake & tsunami hit northeastern Japan in 2011, wild boars bred with escaped domestic livestock - and they are radioactive.

[Ohio Joe]

31. hmmmm... Super Pigs...

This might be ok if we can get Super Bacon from them

[getagrip_already]

33. I'm waiting for the murder pigs....

No, not Leo's.

I wonder if people will feel better about wolves if pigs start to carry babies off........

[liberaltrucker]

35. I thought Ted Cruz was already here

[sarcasmo]

37. Super Pigs and Murder Hornets, always something crazy going on.

[roamer65]

39. Bacon!

Yum!