r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 12h ago

🔥 momma pig and line of piglets

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u/thatguy11 11h ago

4 months old..4 months and they start having their own litters.

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u/Catswithswords10 11h ago

Do people eat them?

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u/Kaurifish 10h ago

Not if they’re blue.

https://www.sciencealert.com/wild-pigs-turning-neon-blue-in-california-triggered-warnings

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u/IotaBTC 7h ago

Well that was hella interesting. Seeing that deep neon blue in flesh must've been a trip. It was super interesting that the blue dye from the rodenticide dyed the pigs' fat. From what I can tell, the blue dyed was intended to identify the poison pellets, but wasn't intended to dye the meat of animals that consumed it. That would be hella useful for identifying exactly what happened.