www.kgun9.com/absolutely-az/t... Pat Parris takes an in-depth look at some facts about a species that's synonymous with Sonoran Desert wildlife--and that's Absolutely Arizona.
@@bluracer766 oh no 😢 where i live there's a heard of about 15 of them and I always see the little babies and I just love them but I've seen those teeth and I don't wanna get close. I love them from a distance lol
If it looks like a pig, sqeals like a pig, grunts like a pig, breeds like a pig, eats like a pig (omnivores), and is mean as a pig - it's a pig. Member of the suina sub order. From which we get the call: "Soooeeeee! Heeeeer, pig pig pig pig!"
That logic is actually pretty stupid. Javelinas LITERALLY are not pigs, ALL PIGS belong to the Sus genus and the family Suidae and more importantly ONLY exist on the African and Asian continents. Javelina are in the genus Dicotyles and the family Tayassuidae. Perhaps you've heard of convergent evolution? Animals in completely different areas of the world who are completely unrelated to each other but occupy the same niche end up looking the same or displaying the same behavior.
porcine only means "pig like". It's not an official term for classification, just a descriptor. Genetically they are not closely related to pigs, despite the appearance. Calling them a pig would be like calling a fossa or genet a cat, if that makes more sense. Fossa and genets are cat-like but they aren't cats.
Javelina are in the genus Dicotyles and the family Tayassuidae AKA not closely related to pigs, just because they kind of look like one, doesn't mean they are. That's like saying Chimpanzees ARE humans.
if theyre native animals to the area then theyre not vermin. the only vermin on the north american continent are humans and that includes first nations people (who originated from Asia) as well as Europeans, Africans and modern Asians and animals which those people brought with them from overseas.
And rabbits are vermin? Are you listing animals that might eat your chickens or your vegetable garden? We don’t own the outdoors, anything that wants to eat our veggies isn’t vermin. I’d say humans are the detrimental species to this planet.