2nd Giant Hog Caught . .

[jrenz]

Originally posted by: Craig234
The real topic of this thread, of course, is about the level of debate from the right.

How can you people talk about this hog when the real issue is that the US has historially supported terrorism all over the world!!!!!1

 

[Lemon law]

I disagree---this thread has nothing to do with a right left split---Iraq--tax cuts---its about the fact that a 1100 pound pig was recently found running around---and is somehow the product of natural selection.

If any want to debate right left splits and politics--they will find no shortage of threads on P&N to do it
while staying on thread topic---this thread is about the de giant pig---and can't we just have some fun with it for a change.

Or is the tradition of discrediting fellow posters now so ingrained that its can't changed.

Buts its interesting---to a certain extent---the European pig progenator may be the African warthog---and when left to natural selection---its tries to revert back.--from domesticated--to warthog sized.

In the North American continent--natural selection has favored the javalinias--which are of 50-75 lb size.

 

[Bitek]

Originally posted by: Lemon law
Correct me if I am wrong but these wild hogs are supposedly the progeny of European pigs imported by original colonists that escaped and went wild. And after many generations are just getting much bigger.

Is this natural selection---or someone playing with genetics---how big will they grow in the near future?

Its a normal phenomenon of NS that individ species grow larger as a whole over time. This can be seen in horse, elephant, dinosaur (and even human) evolution as an example. This is not an unbreakable rule, but unless there is pressure for smaller size, species tend to grow bigger, bigger individuals are more capable of dominating their environment and "bullying" smaller individuals.

However such evolution over such a short timeframe is unusual, one would have to know what is the max "normal" size of the species, and whether these hogs are growing bigger bc of a more productive environment (ie better/more food) or is it really a genotypic shift.

Cool tho