5/24/02: River Hog

Undertoad · 05-24-2002, 02:55 PM

It's a what? It's a "river hog". What an endearing name. This shot has been hanging around waiting for the right Friday, and this is as much a Friday as any. The official caption:

A 2-week-old red river hog checks in with it's father, Tarzan, Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at the Diego Zoo. The zoo cares for 11 red river hogs, which are at risk of becoming endangered in their native Africa, and the the zoo is responsible for the first successful breeding of the species in the Western Hemisphere, which took place in 1995.

Nothing But Net · 05-24-2002, 03:57 PM

They may look cute to us, but they figured out these things wouldn't breed unless you put a bag over their head...

That Guy · 05-24-2002, 04:44 PM

His North American cousin, The Road Hog:

05-24-2002, 02:55 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	5/24/02: River Hog It's a what? It's a "river hog". What an endearing name. This shot has been hanging around waiting for the right Friday, and this is as much a Friday as any. The official caption: A 2-week-old red river hog checks in with it's father, Tarzan, Wednesday, May 8, 2002, at the Diego Zoo. The zoo cares for 11 red river hogs, which are at risk of becoming endangered in their native Africa, and the the zoo is responsible for the first successful breeding of the species in the Western Hemisphere, which took place in 1995.

05-24-2002, 03:57 PM	#2
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	They may look cute to us, but they figured out these things wouldn't breed unless you put a bag over their head...

05-24-2002, 04:44 PM	#3
That Guy He who reads, sometimes writes. Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: at the keyboard Posts: 791	His North American cousin, The Road Hog:

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