Wild boar

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WILD BOARS the wild boar is one of the most dangerous of beasts although it belongs to the same great family as the lazy good-natured pig that lies in utter contentment in the farmer's pen it is an altogether different creature and few animals are so difficult to hunt in appearance it has the same general characteristics as domestic swine with the difference that it is larger covered with coarser bristles has fiery glowing eyes and is armed with two terrible tusks sometimes ten inches long with which it can inflict dangerous wounds formerly wild boars roamed in great numbers through the forests of great britain but for many years they have been extinct in that country they are still found in some parts of france and spain and are very numerous in germany and the wild jungles of india they are also found in poland southern russia and africa du chaillu the african traveller mentions encountering a hideous red-haired wild hog in the wondrous equatorial forests of the dark continent notwithstanding its size it was tremendously savage and very agile jumping and running like a cat wild hogs are gregarious and are found in herds they are fond of living near water in which they like to roll and waddle indeed a bath appears almost indispensable to them as they will sometimes travel miles to obtain it their food consists of roots nuts and all kinds of fruits and grains in egypt and india they do much injury to the vast tracts of sugar-cane the thick growth affording them excellent hiding-places and shelter against attack it is said that wild hogs will not attack a man unless hunted or enraged but as they are not only daring but also very cautious and watchful they suspect the least approach to be offensive and proceed to defend themselves the sow guards her little ones with great care and becomes wild with fury if they are touched she will run with great speed if she hears them call and few hunters have succeeded in capturing young specimens without first killing the parent a man once riding through a forest in germany came upon two little wild pigs which had strayed into the pathway Delighted with his prize, he rolled the piggies into his horse blanket, sprang to a saddle, and hastened on his rope.

But the smothered squealing of her babies reached the ears of the mother, and the man soon heard a loud grunting.

On turning round he saw a furious sow with gleaming eyes coming after him at full speed.

They burst, however, and perished before they could reach what they sought.

fable twenty one the aged lion the wild boar the bull and the ass whoever has fallen from a previous high estate is in his calamity the butt even of cowards as a lion worn out with years and deserted by his strength lay drawing his last breath a wild boar came up to him with flashing tusks and with a blow revenged an old affront Next, with hostile horns, a bull pierced the body of his foe.

An ass, on seeing the wild beast maltreated with impunity, tore up his forehead with his heels.

On this expiring, he said, I have borne with indignation the insults of the brave, but in being inevitably forced to bear with you, disgraced in nature, I seem to die a double death.

Those who disparage what they cannot perform ought to apply this lesson to themselves.

Fable 4.

The Horse and the Wild Boar While a wild boar was wallowing, he muddied the shallow water at which a horse had been in the habit of quenching his thirst.

Upon this a disagreement arose.

The King Who Didn't Want to Be a Boar.

B-O-A-R, not B-O-R-E.

Or B-O-O-R.

He didn't want to be a big pig.

And, you know, I was just a little Brad when I watched it, you know, like four or five, six, seven years old.

Did Boss Hogg own a bar and grill called the Wild Boar? All right, Burt Reynolds, let's do his age.

Says he is 69 years old.

69.