Reddit Animals
DECEMBER 16, 2023
Note: here in South America there are no groundhogs, we have a relative but he lives in dry sand and is the size of a guinea pig submitted by /u/roxgxd [link] [comments] I've seen that groundhogs destroy crops with their holes but I don't know if they are considered a pest despite being so cute.
10,000 Birds
MAY 6, 2023
For a few, only a few, species actually winter in Central and South America, and summer up here in Mexico. Mexicans, always careful to avoid offense, more politely name this bird “ puerquito “, suggesting that its call sounds like a pig’s oink. And there is some sweetness in these bittersweet months.
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10,000 Birds
JUNE 24, 2020
The Yellow-green Vireo is another of those rare birds that winter in South America but only travels north as far as Mexico to breed. I hope that the next time it will vocalize for me; it apparently sounds something like a grunting pig. However, there is no mistaking the male Red-headed Tanager with any other species.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 17, 2011
Hoary Marmots , also called Whistle Pigs , inhabit rocky areas near the treeline in northwestern North America up into Alaska. And marmots, of course, are nothing but pretentious groundhogs, so the name Whistle Pig seems like an extremely fair appellation.
10,000 Birds
NOVEMBER 6, 2012
“Indigenous pig sows?…Sure, …Sure, we got lots of ‘em javelina and wild hogs too” But I explained to him that I was a hunter of a different kind and that I was looking for tiny owls and not wild pigs. After all, this species is a widespread and common bird in Central and South America.
10,000 Birds
JANUARY 6, 2021
It is one of those interesting few species that winter in South America, but only migrate as far north as Mexico to breed. I saw the movement, I swear I did, but it wasn’t until June of this year that I really saw this bird. And then saw it again, a month later.
Animal Ethics
JUNE 27, 2008
To compensate for their lack of skill, hunters set their dogs upon a wild pig—a descendant of boars brought to America solely to give hunters the pleasure of killing a helpless animal. As the dogs tear chunks of flesh from the terrified pig, the hunters undoubtedly feel proud of their accomplishment. June 23, 2008
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