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Post by epaul on Jan 22, 2023 0:47:48 GMT -5
Not all pigs are threats.  |
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Post by epaul on Jan 22, 2023 0:52:16 GMT -5
And I forgot about this fellow...  |
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Post by Dub on Jan 22, 2023 1:22:48 GMT -5
This old photo shows that Iowa hogs can get BIG.  I don’t think that one’s a fake. I see hogs in that size range every year at the Iowa State Fair while meandering through the animal barns. Iowa is the pork capital of the world. |
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Post by Cornflake on Jan 22, 2023 9:20:07 GMT -5
And I forgot about this fellow... If these start moving from Manitoba into North Dakota it will be time to build a wall. |
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Post by Marty on Jan 22, 2023 9:34:44 GMT -5
This old photo shows that Iowa hogs can get BIG. I don’t think that one’s a fake. I see hogs in that size range every year at the Iowa State Fair while meandering through the animal barns. Iowa is the pork capital of the world. No, I knew that was for real. But think of something that large going feral, he would be afraid of almost nothing and would eat whatever he wanted, even people. Pigs are omnivores. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jan 22, 2023 10:35:11 GMT -5
In the series "Deadwood" (still available on Netflix, I think), the bad guys threw dead people in the hog pen to dispose of bodies. Quite thorough disposal.
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Post by paleo on Jan 22, 2023 11:15:31 GMT -5
It probably was 15 year ago, we took the grandkids to Living History Farms in Des Moines. They had some live animals that lived there. We went into the hog barn and there were, what appeared to be, 2 large black pigs laying in the straw. it was fairly dark in there and not easy to see.
Then IT stood up. The largest pig I had/have ever seen. The grandkids still talk about it.
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Post by TKennedy on Jan 22, 2023 11:20:31 GMT -5
In the series "Deadwood" (still available on Netflix, I think), the bad guys threw dead people in the hog pen to dispose of bodies. Quite thorough disposal. I think the Sicilian mafia did that for real, without killing them first. |
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Post by billhammond on Jan 22, 2023 12:44:04 GMT -5
And feral turkeys, too!
CBS Minnesota
COON RAPIDS, Minn. -- Neighbors in a Coon Rapids mobile home park are battling with a bird. They say a lone turkey appeared in their park around Thanksgiving of 2021 and hasn't left since, becoming more aggressive as the months go on.
"This turkey has literally taken over our life," said resident Rachael Gross.
Gross says she lives in fear of going outside, thanks to the wild turkey, which seems to have taken a liking to her property.
"This turkey attacks me every single day. Follows me, goes up my stairs, tries to get into my house. When I leave in my car, it follows my car," she said.
The turkey has attacked people, pecked at tires and chased cars.
"I have to carry my broom and my water and my golf club everywhere I go," she said.
Emily Ahlsten worries about the kids who live in the mobile home park.
"My one-year-old grandbaby just moved in with us and I'm afraid to even take her outside, especially when the weather gets warmer,
like we can't have people over, we can't have a barbecue," Ahlsten said.
"The kids that walk to the bus stop in the morning -- I have to come out and help them. But now they are smart and they carry sticks," Gross said.
Ahlsten and Gross say they've reached out to the Department of Natural Resources, who offered them suggestions including removing bird feeders or chopping down branches where the turkey nests. While they've taken down their bird feeders, others still have theirs up inside the mobile home park.
According to the Department of Natural Resources website,
"The best defense against aggressive or persistent turkeys is to prevent the birds from becoming habituated in the first place by being bold to them. Everyone in the neighborhood must do the same; it will be ineffective if you do so only on your property. Each and every turkey must view all humans as dominant in the pecking order and respond to them as superiors rather than subjects. Habituated turkeys may attempt to dominate or attack people that the birds view as subordinates."
"It's not safe for anybody including the turkey so I would just like it to be relocated to a place it could be with other turkeys and not be a nuisance to people or potentially hurt somebody," Ahlsten said.
On relocating wild turkeys, the DNR says, "Trapping and relocating 'nuisance' turkeys is not an option. The methods used to trap turkeys in remote areas are often impractical or ineffective in urban or suburban areas due to safety or disturbance. Released turkeys may also continue their inappropriate actions where they are released or may move substantial distances to other suburban sites."
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Post by epaul on Jan 22, 2023 12:52:58 GMT -5
I bet it is a tom turkey that has developed an interest in mating with Ms Gross.
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Post by Dub on Jan 22, 2023 12:55:46 GMT -5
It probably was 15 year ago, we took the grandkids to Living History Farms in Des Moines. They had some live animals that lived there. We went into the hog barn and there were, what appeared to be, 2 large black pigs laying in the straw. it was fairly dark in there and not easy to see. Then IT stood up. The largest pig I had/have ever seen. The grandkids still talk about it. The biggest boar on record won at the Iowa State Fair in 2012. It weighed 1,335 lb. The World Pork Expo is or was held each year in Des Moines. Our band used to be hired each year to perform at the huge dinner they held for all the buyers. As a result, there are copies of our CD in China, Europe, Africa and several South American countries. We’d see some of the same people Year after year. A lot of them, especially Asians, would always want their pictures taken with us, often donning our cowboy hats for the pose. The Governor would come and give a speech using our sound setup. A couple of years before the pandemic, responsibility for the Expo was shifted to a different state agency and the gig went away. Too bad, it was fun and we charged them a lot of money. |
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Post by Rob Hanesworth on Jan 22, 2023 15:15:09 GMT -5
I bet it is a tom turkey that has developed an interest in mating with Ms Gross. The turkey responded "Ms Gross is not my type. She's, you know, gross." |
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Post by Marty on Jan 22, 2023 23:06:03 GMT -5
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Post by Marty on Jan 22, 2023 23:09:36 GMT -5
In the series "Deadwood" (still available on Netflix, I think), the bad guys threw dead people in the hog pen to dispose of bodies. Quite thorough disposal. The Chinese guy that owned the pigpen only spoke one word in English "cocksucker". I think that was the most spoken word in the whole series. Still a great series. |
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Post by Russell Letson on Jan 22, 2023 23:30:21 GMT -5
"A great pig like that, you don't eat it all at once."
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 23, 2023 0:29:59 GMT -5
A baseball bat upside that turkeys head would take care of that problem right quick.
And then they could have a barbeque.
Mike
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Post by Cosmic Wonder on Jan 23, 2023 0:34:24 GMT -5
On the pig thing. Humans seem to have a remarkable ability to destroy anything. If we can kill off all the Buffalo, we could certainly handle a few million pigs. Hell, there are almost 4 million guns in this country alone.
Mike
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Post by jdd2 on Jan 23, 2023 0:58:03 GMT -5
That gets me to wondering about a pig-maggedon.
Might be a movie in that?
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Post by Dub on Jan 23, 2023 1:33:24 GMT -5
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Post by Dub on Jan 23, 2023 1:35:48 GMT -5
That gets me to wondering about a pig-maggedon. Might be a movie in that? Hognado? Or maybe Boarnado? |
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