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A pig gone feral will adapt very very quickly. The'll get fitter, their hide and hair thicker. Within a year a pink factory pig will be quickly transformed. The
by markdown 4y ago
A pig gone feral will adapt very very quickly. The'll get fitter, their hide and hair thicker. Within a year a pink factory pig will be quickly transformed. They're very intelligent and would have no trouble handling that terrain.
- tomxor 4y agoOh interesting, I had assumed some level of gradual genetic changes in domestication were responsible. So you are suggesting it's mostly phenotypical changes that could even be somewhat reversed in an individual... I wonder how far a new born would revert to what is being depicted in the illustrations.
- markdown 4y agoI can only speak from personal experience (what I've seen), but I googled and found this: > "Any pig that gets out can revert back in a matter of months to a state where it can exist in the wild," said Brown. "It will get hairy, grow tusks and get aggressive. They're so good at adapting, and with their scavenging nature, they can get by pretty much anywhere." https://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/outdoors/2007/11/domestic_pigs_quickly_revert_t.html https://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/outdoors/2007/11/domestic...
- 8n4vidtmkvmk 4y agoeven grow tusks? that's crazy
- yencabulator 4y agoDomestic pigs grow tusks. People file them down or rip them out because, well, humans. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig#Care https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pig#Care
- ijidak 4y agoWow. Do you have a reference for this? That is interesting!
- sdwr 4y agoMargaret Atwood's book Oryx and Crake references this. I don't remember the exact plot, but somewhere in there civilization collapses and pigs go feral within years.
- markdown 4y agoJust personal experience. I googled and found this: > "Any pig that gets out can revert back in a matter of months to a state where it can exist in the wild," said Brown. "It will get hairy, grow tusks and get aggressive. They're so good at adapting, and with their scavenging nature, they can get by pretty much anywhere." https://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/outdoors/2007/11/domestic_pigs_quickly_revert_t.html https://www.mlive.com/flintjournal/outdoors/2007/11/domestic...