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Not to mention modern mobility
by yCombLinks 2y ago
Not to mention modern mobility
- hanniabu 2y agoPlus cameras and drones
- adolph 2y agoWild hogs seem to handle it pretty well
- Zanfa 2y agoThey also start breeding at < 2 years, can have multiple litters per year of 10+ piglets. Rhinos mature at 5 years (10 for males) and the gestation period for a single calf is 15 months.
- b112 2y agoOpen season has been now called for wild "super" hogs in some areas, and that makes a difference. Pregnant sows, young hogs are now OK to kill any time in these areas. Hunting 1000s of years ago didn't include "don't kill the pregnant animals, or children". It meant "I'm hungry" and "food".
- nkrisc 2y agoWild hogs are not megafauna. It would probably be equally difficult to hunt squirrels into extinction.
- adolph 2y agoSeems like there isn’t a strong definition for “megafauna.” In zoology, megafauna (from Greek μέγας megas "large" and Neo-Latin fauna "animal life") are large animals. The precise definition of the term varies widely, though a common threshold is approximately 45 kilograms (99 lb), with other thresholds as low as 10 kilograms (22 lb) or as high as 1,000 kilograms (2,200 lb). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafauna https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Megafauna
- LeFantome 2y agoNot a strong definition but still sufficient to exclude squirrels and even wild pigs are on the very low end. You raise a good point as I would have expected “mega”fauna to have implied hundreds of kilograms at least. Under 100 and as low as 10 kg seems to take away any true meaning from the label.
- nkrisc 2y agoWhatever the definition, I am confident wild hogs and squirrels are not megafauna.
- dghlsakjg 2y agoFeral != wild