Sunday, January 4, 2009

Pigs


  Across the street neighbor caught a baby feral pig with her bare hands.  Very impressive.  I took some photos of it in the studio but didn't get anything special.  Should have been tossing it to make a flying pig photo.  Big litters, all year.  She kept it nice and calm between shots by holding and petting it.   Pigs sure talk a lot.  It was very vocal with a wide range of grunts and squeals.  The intra-herd conversations must be extensive.

Update:  The only time I watched a herd from inside was when one was at a feeder under the tree I was in.  They grunted and talked back and forth constantly and used body language.  They could smell me...or something and kept freezing...the whole herd of 20 at once.  They stood absolutely still and silent.   Then one pig would flick and ear and the whole group would relax and go back to eating corn.  Then they would alert again and freeze.
  I finally got tired of the drama and started shooting them, but it was interesting for a while.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should be recording this to make a 'pig call'. I'd bet you would get some very excited sow coming to investigate a misplaced baby. Even the fellow littermates tend to be protective and respond well to calls.

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