• FenrirIII@lemmy.world
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    23 hours ago

    Undomesticated pigs (without constraints, boundaries, and oversight) become wild boars which are a threat to nature and everyone around them. Seems fitting comparison really.

    • yetAnotherUser@discuss.tchncs.de
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      20 hours ago

      Nah, boars are still an important part of their local ecosystems.

      For example, they are digging around the forest floor in search of food. This softens the dirt and improves plants’ ability to sprout.

      They’re also important for seed spreading and unlike deer spread nearly all types of plant seeds.

      Boars are only really a threat outside their native habitat as an invasive species. Well, that and to people hiking through the woods anywhere.

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      20 hours ago

      When living in the wild, formerly domesticated pigs become feral hogs, in fact reverting back to a near non-domesticated stage: the animals tend to increase in size, grow hair and tusks and put on a lot of weight. But nonetheless remain pigs.