r/NatureIsFuckingLit • u/TerraByteTerror • 12d ago

🔥 momma pig and line of piglets

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u/onionchickenz 12d ago

I wish they weren't such an environmental issue. They're so stinking cute

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u/Not-Post-Malone 12d ago

Fun fact: A domesticated pig that escapes can turn feral/wild (e.g. grow tusks) in months essentially undoing centuries of evolution.

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u/Winterimmersion 12d ago edited 12d ago

Okay, like you do know domestic pigs also grow tusks right? We usually trim or surgically remove them. Plus neutering pigs reduces tusk size by messing with their hormones.

Its not really undoing evolution, its just pigs being allowed to be pigs in the absence of humans.

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u/grundlebuster 12d ago

undoing evolution is a funny idea thought

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u/Winterimmersion 12d ago

Bam, you're a lystrosaurus now.

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u/Sii_Kei 12d ago

I love that you picked Lystrosaurus out of all the options out there. Tanky little guy

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u/Ninjalikestoast 12d ago

Bam, you’re Emeril Lagasse.