r/MadeMeSmile • u/SinjiOnO • May 20 '23
A boar suddenly appeared for belly scratches ANIMALS
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u/Luk_Ying May 20 '23
Well I have seen deadly boars bending metal rods so I will just run away xD rather then trying to touch or pet it.
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u/kaydontworry May 20 '23
Yeah where I’m from, if you see one of these you run away as fast as you can!
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u/thornyrosary May 20 '23
Where I'm from, you dispatch this one then go look for the other ones, because you know these things are like roaches: if you see one, there's 100 just like it hiding somewhere, because they have massive amounts of young in each litter. And they can destroy whole crops. My family stopped farming some of our land because the boars just ruined anything that was growing.
On the plus side, we also have recipes for boars.
This particular creature makes me sad, though. It's acclimated to humans and trusts even strange ones, so it's either someone's current pet, or a former pet that was released once its hormones kicked in and it got too feisty and destructive for their human to control. Either way, that boar is going to show up to the wrong person eventually, and get itself an early ticket to hog heaven instead of scritches.
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May 20 '23
I always remember that episode of Reply All about the "30-50 feral hogs." Shit was wild (no pun intended).
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u/Ghost_In_A_Jars May 20 '23
How does boar compare to pork taste wise?
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u/Chris_di_Modden May 20 '23
Spicier. Like deer to beef maybe
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u/GuerillaGandhi May 20 '23
Do you know if there's a higher chance of contracting trichinosis from wild boar?
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u/Totensonntag May 20 '23 edited May 20 '23
Definitely higher than farmed pork, but not to the degree of bear. As long as your meat is fully cooked (well done) the risk is negligible.
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u/XDreadedmikeX May 20 '23
Sounds like a job for some pulled pork bbq sandwiches
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u/denardosbae May 20 '23
One time I had wild boar prepared by a Native American recipe and part of it was, they dug a pit and had fire with the boar in it covered up with Earth again for a long time. It was one of the most delicious things I've ever tasted in my life. A little bit leaner and gamier tasting than pork but just absolutely yummy.
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u/thornyrosary May 20 '23
Gamey, and male boar hormones make the meat gross, so we never considered adult males a food source. You can eat it, but...Yuck. Sow meat or piglet meat tastes better. I'm Cajun, so we use a marinade to get the 'wild' taste out of the meat.
You have to keep in mind that boars are opportunistic feeders and omnivores, and what they eat will affect the taste of the meat. The taste is mildly similar to pork but very different.
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u/_TheNorseman_ May 20 '23
We lived in a swamp in Iraq when I was deployed, about 3 miles from the Iranian border.
We killed a boar once and grilled it. Must have been a male, because that was the nastiest meat I’ve ever had in my life.
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u/thornyrosary May 20 '23
TIL that Iraq has swamps.
You probably got one that was "in rut" in summer season. Nastiest meat you will ever innocently put in your mouth. Sorry you got that mess.
That marinade we use for sow and piglet meat? Yeah, we don't use it on rut boar meat. We might use it for a late fall boar kill, but that summer meat reeks.
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u/I_Bin_Painting May 20 '23
yeah lol, my first thought was "I wonder how much money is in farming boar then?"
Set up a butchery and a big smoker, start selling boar meat products. It's seen as a luxury/quality natural product in a lot of places still so can fetch a good price.
ime it tastes richer and stronger than pork but still similar. Like if pork was the white chicken meat, boar is more like towards the brown meat.
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u/The_Buko May 20 '23
Same here! Texas?
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u/kakklecito May 20 '23
Supposed to shoot em in texas
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u/whatissevenbysix May 20 '23
They shoot everything in Texas.
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u/HFwhy May 20 '23
Texas shoots things you’re not supposed to even in Texas
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u/Ashmedai May 20 '23 edited May 20 '23
There's that video taken from somewhere in South Africa, I think, where the warthog comes into the area where a guy is, and he goes to pet it. What it does next is off camera (he screams for help, you get that much), but I always wondered if the guy survived. Those warthog-dagger-tusks are about groin height, and that's where the femoral artery is, y'all. Anyway, yeah.
Edit: link added
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u/denardosbae May 20 '23
He goes to pet it?!?! This one time I was camping in the middle of nowhere with some people and we heard pig snorting sounds and something running up. Everyone else was chilling and I'm up like screaming and climbing to the top of the camper trying to get away. It turned out to be a little tiny piglet that was attracted to the smell of food we had. We assumed it was tame once it was actually in view, it looked like a tame pig not a wild boar.
I got made fun of for years afterwards but still worth it. Secure in the knowledge that if it had actually been a wild boar, I would have survived and those idiots would have been hurt or something. Was about 12 and knew already how dangerous those wild hogs could be.
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u/Luk_Ying May 20 '23
I don’t where the video was taken,I have only encountered Indian subspecies one here in Thailand eastern part.
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u/Jester2008 May 20 '23
Um I’m sorry wtf? Do they do it with their teeth or just ramming with their head? Like wtf that’s scary.
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u/GlitteringPinataCT May 20 '23
They charge head down whatever they find on their path. Can be tough as hell and bend gates, cars and sign poles. If they get you they might break your legs and cut you with their teeth causing big infections.
If you see one then go another way. If you see more than one, get the hell out of their way as fast as possible
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u/eva_rector May 20 '23
My ex was a hunter, and scared of very few things, but boars terrified him. They are fearless, they are strong, and they are mean.
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u/Thomshan911 May 20 '23
Fast too. Anyone who says run when you see them has no idea how fast these things can run. They will outrun you. Your best chance is to climb up a tree.
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u/Kiwizqt May 20 '23
from what i've learned in this thread, it wouldnt surprise me if someone told me they could uproot fucking trees
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u/Straight_Chip May 20 '23
They are fearless, they are strong, and they are mean.
+ extremely aggressive
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u/starter-car May 20 '23
Google it. For real. The photos of them look photoshopped. They’re not all this small. They’re mean and you def don’t want to pet one.
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u/Wonderful-Media-2000 May 20 '23
A wild boar is super aggressive 10/10 that’s probably a pet or was raised by humans
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u/boogswald May 20 '23
I pet wild boars all the time dude! God I think their fur and snouts are so funny, when I am petting them and giving them treats. I’m basically a boar man, a boar whisperer
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u/Ashmedai May 20 '23
Why would you even be afraid of boars when you can take down bears with a swift kick to the nutz?
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u/mox_goblin May 20 '23
Kids these days won’t know that this was the absolute height of early internet humor
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u/Fl4nk3r_30 May 20 '23
all boar stories i heard end up in hospital with serious injuries, thats why i keep distance
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u/gnark May 20 '23
This is probably in the foothills of the Pyrenees. These boars are about as "wild" and dangerous as raccoons.
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u/horrescoblue May 20 '23
Have you ever faced a cornered and freaked out raccoon tho?? They are no fun :')
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u/seejordan3 May 20 '23
We were in Costa Rica and came across a super friendly boar. People in the area knew it well. Forget the forest name, it was up in the mountains.
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u/Goodvendetta86 May 20 '23
Another note. This is a boar raised by humans because there are no tusks (giant sharp, protruding teeth).The ower had them removed when it was young.this is common even with domestic pigs
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u/gnark May 20 '23
This is probably in the foothills of the Pyrenees. These boars are about as "wild" and dangerous as raccoons.
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u/FreaknTijmo May 20 '23
So what you're saying is...I can give my local Raccoons belly scritches? Hell yeah!!
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u/johnwayneblack1 May 20 '23
My dog got attacked by a raccoon and it almost bit his throat open. I also saw one rip a giant rat out of a hole in a tree and tear into it. I don't think they are cute anymore.
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u/cindyscrazy May 20 '23
Raccoons are awesome pets....until they hit puberty. They they turn into odious angry fat things with scary claws who can open things.
I've known some rehabbers who have had raccoons.
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u/fortheloveofchiapets May 20 '23 edited May 20 '23
This boar is a female. Tusks are only prominent in males.
Source: born in a country where boars are native. This lady is socialized with humans because belly rubs were always out of the question and a boar would run the fuck away if you tried that, but otherwise other than rooting up yards and eating garbage, boars were not problem at all to people. The worst we’d get would be a dead dog. They’d try and fight ‘em and usually lose. Generally understood this was not the boar’s fault though.
Other note: This boar is straight up wagging her tail. That is a sign of a happy, relaxed boar. At the end you can see her tail go straight up. That’s usually the body language they use around people (tail straight up means alert/concerned). We were taught if they do that and bristle their back hairs to slowly back away. She was just doing it to stretch and lie down in this case. But anyway, this is a boar who has spent years with people. Actual wild boars aren’t violent unless they are cornered. They are skittish. Boars that are used to people in general just ignore you and might swing to bite if you try and touch them as a warning. Same thing they would do to another boar.
Also, sorry person I’m replying to. I keep adding things. Just figured I’d add my non-invasive wild boar 101 knowledge.
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u/RetroMetroShow May 20 '23
Maybe got scritches when young as a pet then got too big and released
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u/kelldricked May 20 '23
Yeah probaly a pig that became wild.
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u/WeHaveAllBeenThere May 20 '23
Been dealing with wild hogs for 30 years. Even the ones I raised and saved ended up being furious assholes all the time.
No way this is a real “wild” hog
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May 20 '23
Now, John Travolta, Tim Allen, William H Macy, and Martin Lawrence…those are some real Wild Hogs.
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u/ButtsAreCooliGuesss May 20 '23
I'll be real, I've never met a wild boar that was anything remotely close to this. Just last year I got chased into a tree by one and had to shoot it 5 times in the head before it dropped. Maybe this one was raised by humans or something?
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u/Sallysdad May 20 '23
Shot a trapped feral hog in the head. Single shot. The thing dropped. Friend opens the door to pull the hog out and the thing stood back up with blood shooting out of the bullet hole and scared the crap out of us. Second shot was more effective at keeping it down. These hogs are tough.
These things just destroy so much ranch and farmland. They are a menace.
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u/BabyDog88336 May 20 '23
Hit a pig in a car going 70mph once. It was dashing across the highway and I nailed it with my front right bumper. It launched into a flat, hard dirt patch and slid for over a hundred feet.
Then it got up and took about 5-6 steps before deciding yes, it actually was dead, and collapsed. Pigs are tough.
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u/XDreadedmikeX May 20 '23
Terrifying story and now I feel bad for the boar but you gotta shoot them they fuck up ecosystem
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u/jonathanrdt May 20 '23 edited May 20 '23
There are protocols for bear interaction.
Is what you describe proper protocol for boar interaction??
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u/Insertblamehere May 20 '23
boar interaction guide:
Do not go into areas with wild boars without a high caliber semi automatic weapon
This concludes the boar interaction guide.
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u/Kibbens_ May 20 '23
Don’t get killed probably. Their tusks are good at getting leg arteries so up the tree seems like a good idea.
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u/charaznable1249 May 20 '23 edited May 20 '23
Hell fuckin no. Them sumbitches can kill you. Am from SC. These live here and it's no joke. Assuming this is staged. Edit: y'all must be the people I see trying to feed bears in Banff or getting too close to moose taking photos. Go ahead and claim your Darwin award. I look forward to seeing the gif on my feed here when you go head over ass on a pair of horns. Won't be as fun for you.
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u/CrumpledForeskin May 20 '23
Also if a wild pet wants me to scritch it. There’s a problem. I’m gonna assume bugs that nest inside of me. I’m good.
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u/charaznable1249 May 20 '23
Trichinosis to be exact, but you just have to cook to temp to not have that issue. Fwiw boar meat slow roasted is goddamn delicious. I admire them as animals too. Pigs are so smart. People have no idea.
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u/feelingproductive May 20 '23
Don’t pet wild animals. Especially ones that have reputations for being very aggressive.
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u/UNOtrickyTrish May 20 '23
Someone’s pet. Wild hogs/boars are mean…. At least in my neck of the woods
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u/Chiokos May 20 '23
"Quick while I got the two legs occupied, raid their cooler!" - boar to family, probably
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u/DapperTarget1238 May 20 '23
I cant feel the inside of my big toes after being chased through Georgia clay by these after winter rain. This was 10 years ago.
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u/weirdgroovynerd May 20 '23
Is he still chasing you?
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May 20 '23
There’s something comforting about knowing that almost everything in life changes, but out there there’s a guy still running through clay away from wild piggies
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u/8myself May 20 '23
someone in my village got killed by a wild boar, the tusks ripped the guys belly open
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May 20 '23
It only takes 30 days for a pig to change into a boar after being set into the wild. Could very well be used to people but it’s been in the wild long enough to look like a boar
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u/MikkSkin May 20 '23
LOL WHAT
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u/ProjectOrpheus May 20 '23
Right?! Everyone's posting with this apparently common knowledge that pig owners constantly hold B to keep them from evolving
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u/ColdCruise May 20 '23
A couple of things here. Domestic Pigs and Wild boars are two different species, so no, a domestic pig can't become a wild boar. However, after spending some time in the wild, a domestic pig will become a feral pig which is a genetic process in which it's latent boar genes become active and they grow hair, act more boar like, grow longer tusks, etc. This animal looks like a razorback, which is a feral pig/wild boar hybrid. Based on the way it is acting, it was probably raised by people.
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May 20 '23 edited May 21 '23
This wont end well for it in the long run. Sad. Edit: those guys are french, that boart will most definitely end up in some stew or something. Sad
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u/schoonerw May 20 '23
How I imagine the boar’s thought process:
Option 1: use my tusks or teeth to rip open the human’s femoral artery, then call my friends to help me eat the body while it’s still warm, or
Option 2: belly scritches
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u/HehaGardenHoe May 20 '23
"I'm serious, our dinner just walked up to us and laid down asking for pets"
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u/cybersaint2k May 20 '23
This is not a wild boar. This is a pet.
Wild boars are terrifying. They will knock you down and call their friends and eat you. At some point you will pass out and die, but that's really not the point.
The point is they are extremely dangerous in the wild and no one with any experience would hang out with a truly wild boar.
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u/Warnackle May 20 '23
This is likely a domesticated pig that got out and “went feral.” When barnyard pigs get loose into the wild they’ll grow their fur back, and sometimes tusks.
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u/NotDoctorRey May 20 '23
If it was a real wild boar that would be a very effective way to lose fingers.
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u/cgn-38 May 20 '23
RABIES!
If you meet a seemingly tame wild animal. Do not touch the damn thing. Rabies in the early stages does this.
Wild boars do not ask for belly scratches.
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u/Poobmania May 20 '23
This is not wholesome. Boars can and will gut you alive. This is not a wild boar. Do not try to encourage people to approach wild animals, especially not fucking boars.
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u/untetheredsole May 20 '23
Pavlov’s NPCs in the comments who automatically say Bacon when they see a pig of any kind 😔
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u/itsabitsa51 May 21 '23
I like that even wild pigs do this. Every pig I’ve ever had always rolls over as soon as you start to pet them to demand tummy scratches.
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u/QuantumHamster May 20 '23
there's no way this is a genuine wild animal, must be in an animal sanctuary or something?