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 Grey Templar wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
Adult males are about 4 feet long and 3 feet high at the shoulder.

You got some tiny pigs around wherever they took that measurement. They can be way bigger than that.

I want my babybackbabybackbabybackribs

 Grey Templar wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
Adult males are about 4 feet long and 3 feet high at the shoulder.

You got some tiny pigs around wherever they took that measurement. They can be way bigger than that.

Please tell me that's some camera trickery.... if not, that's a MONSTER!

Nope, it really was that big. Pigs can get big.

Mind you its definitely not a common occurrence, but pigs can theoretically grow to any size. They never stop growing. They don't die of old age usually, they die of organ failure caused by continued growth.

I am not sure, I think thats one of those photoshopped images like the 50' snake, and megalodon found.

That pig is rhino sized.

Lets take a look:

Doing a search now on 'worlds largest pig'

The Liaoning Provincial Agricultural Museum is appealing to the Guinness Book of Records to recognise a 900 kg (1984 pounds) pig which died on February 5 as the biggest pig ever. When the pig died it was 2.5 metres long, had a waistline of 2.23 metres and a tusk of 14.4 centimetres long. According to XU Changjin, a farmer of Wafangdian city, the pig was only 5 years old. He kept his pig in a good built sty and gave it quality food all its life.



On the balance the image posted was about 20% bigger than the largest pigs on record, from various sources, so its not entirely incredible. But on the balance I think it's photoshopped.
A pig that big wont be a threat, we have half ton humans, and they tend not to be mobile. So a one ton pig is also going to have problems, I seriously doubt one could live in the wild, and the mega pigs are hand fed domestic animals, a bit like supersized humans are.
So in conclusion, I call fake.

And the kid killed it with that peashooter?

Thats not exactly a peashooter. Looks like a pretty big pistol.

Vs. That pig?

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
And the kid killed it with that peashooter?

Kid shoots mega fat pig with BB target pistol.

Mega fat pig gets angry.

Mega fat pig charges.

Mega fat pig makes about 10 yards.

Mega fat pig dies of heart attack.

Kid poses with trophy.

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Vs. That pig?

On a target that large, the kill area is quite large.

 Orlanth wrote:




On the balance the image posted was about 20% bigger than the largest pigs on record, from various sources, so its not entirely incredible. But on the balance I think it's photoshopped.
A pig that big wont be a threat, we have half ton humans, and they tend not to be mobile. So a one ton pig is also going to have problems, I seriously doubt one could live in the wild, and the mega pigs are hand fed domestic animals, a bit like supersized humans are.
So in conclusion, I call fake.

Also... why do people seem to forget that muscle weighs more than fat does??? As such, an apparently much longer and larger pig, especially one that is wild should weigh more than the 1600 lbs. "domestic" pig living on a farm.


I agree that the wild pig picture is shopped... It appears, to me at least, that the upper part of the pig is "blurry" almost like it's falling or something, maybe my eyes are just getting bad, I dunno... but anyhow, I kind of doubt the pic is legit.

 Grey Templar wrote:

 hotsauceman1 wrote:
Vs. That pig?

On a target that large, the kill area is quite large.

You are still acting as if the pig was real. Ok lets run with this. What does it actually say about Americans.

You have a ten foot pig out in the bush, its big its vast its living out in the wild forraging. Its properly proportioned not like the overfat megapigs recoded of similar size which cant even move around their sty because they are so obese. This pig however is fully functional somehow, a porcine with the metabolism of a very large bovine. It's a miracle of nature, a freak of evolution, a treasure of planet earth.
So you fething shoot it.

Americans! What is up with you guys. It reminds me of the college teacher who disproved the theory that this ancient tree was not in fact the oldest living thing by counting its rings. Something normally done with a core sample. He was in fact proven right on a technicality, but only because he counted the rings by checking the stump after cutting down the tree with a chainsaw.

That pig wasn't a wild one. It was an escaped domestic pig as I recall from the followup article.

 Grey Templar wrote:
That pig wasn't a wild one. It was an escaped domestic pig as I recall from the followup article.

Yep BB gun kid is some serious game hunter.



If you take a look at the original image the pig is real and properly proportioned, look at the grainyness and shading of the image, its consistent with the pig and its background. It died near those trees. The photoshopped part is actually the kid, who was reduced before being added. The photoshop looks ok because the pig isnt altered and the trees dont give aimmeidate indication of scale as you see no foreground foliage and must rely on the human for scale. The kid is a very clear image, everything else is equally and much more grainy.

Super bunny here doesn't fit in the image background, the edges are blurry in a different way and the grainyness of the image differs between the kid, the bunny, and the background.

 Orlanth wrote:
It's a miracle of nature, a freak of evolution, a treasure of planet earth.
So you fething shoot it.

Americans! What is up with you guys. It reminds me of the college teacher who disproved the theory that this ancient tree was not in fact the oldest living thing by counting its rings. Something normally done with a core sample. He was in fact proven right on a technicality, but only because he counted the rings by checking the stump after cutting down the tree with a chainsaw.

They're none of of those things. They're not native to the country, they're ecologically destructive, and they're major nuisances.

 JohnHwangDD wrote:


Sounds like FREE bacon to me.

Could also be FREE heartworm at no added cost

Heartworm?

Pork should always be fully cooked.


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 cincydooley wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
It's a miracle of nature, a freak of evolution, a treasure of planet earth.
So you fething shoot it.

Americans! What is up with you guys. It reminds me of the college teacher who disproved the theory that this ancient tree was not in fact the oldest living thing by counting its rings. Something normally done with a core sample. He was in fact proven right on a technicality, but only because he counted the rings by checking the stump after cutting down the tree with a chainsaw.

They're none of of those things. They're not native to the country, they're ecologically destructive, and they're major nuisances.

Native tribes agree on this.
But back to talking about the pigs.

 cincydooley wrote:

 Orlanth wrote:
It's a miracle of nature, a freak of evolution, a treasure of planet earth.
So you fething shoot it.

Americans! What is up with you guys. It reminds me of the college teacher who disproved the theory that this ancient tree was not in fact the oldest living thing by counting its rings. Something normally done with a core sample. He was in fact proven right on a technicality, but only because he counted the rings by checking the stump after cutting down the tree with a chainsaw.

They're none of of those things. They're not native to the country, they're ecologically destructive, and they're major nuisances.

Well that doesn't just apply to the pig

Beat you to it! Wakey wakey.

heartworm in feral pigs is rife, i wouldn;t even chance cooking it.

btw it should be wakey wakey hand of snakey unless you intend to cook it, manly man you.

Idiocy aside, chimps eat meat, wtf would a human not eat meat, friggin throwbacks deserve to be left on the evolutionary scrap heap where they belong ( more idiocy )

I have no time for vegetarians. If humanity went low tech again all the vego's would die out at a fast rate, meat is essential for humans specifically at a tribal level as it is one of the few easily prepared high fat , high protein, high calorie foods.

http://www.livescience.com/23671-eating-meat-made-us-human.html

http://greatist.com/health/eating-meat-build-brain-121112

http://www.livescience.com/24875-meat-human-brain.html

Don't think you are morally superior Vegetarians, you are just a bunch of plant baby killers.

I keep insects for my food and i don't see the difference to killing them vs plants. HUMANS UP!

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
As a Texan, it is required that we eat animals, especially terrifying ones. We honor them by eating them, and thus gaining their strength.

Pigs are not what I would consider terrifying.

But they are *very* delicious.

Mmm... Bacon.

Clearly, you have never seen how a pig can rip someone up.

Relapse wrote:

 JohnHwangDD wrote:

 Frazzled wrote:
As a Texan, it is required that we eat animals, especially terrifying ones. We honor them by eating them, and thus gaining their strength.

Pigs are not what I would consider terrifying.

But they are *very* delicious.

Mmm... Bacon.

Clearly, you have never seen how a pig can rip someone up.

Have you?

I havert either, but I wonder how common it is. We have wild boar in the UK but attacks are unheard of. Either because those who wander the New Forest are woodwise enough to know not to provoke a boar, and those who dont know don't care to walk in the New Forest. One of the nice things about chavs is that they leave the countryside alone, Glastonbury excepted.

Let's be clear that we're not talking about pigs here, we're talking about feral wild boars. They can get pretty damn big (500lbs+ no problem) and are mean, nasty cusses. I've had buddies get hurt hunting boar, and they cause a ridiculous amount of property damage every year in the South where they're a serious pest problem.

who's with me in protesting this school?

We'll sit in our scooters eating triple bacon burgers!

 KalashnikovMarine wrote:
Let's be clear that we're not talking about pigs here, we're talking about feral wild boars. They can get pretty damn big (500lbs+ no problem) and are mean, nasty cusses. I've had buddies get hurt hunting boar, and they cause a ridiculous amount of property damage every year in the South where they're a serious pest problem.

Technically wild boars and domestic pigs are the same species. Sus Scrofa

So are wolves and dogs.

Yes they are. But the difference between domestic pigs and wild ones is less than the difference between dogs and wolves.

 Grey Templar wrote:
Yes they are. But the difference between domestic pigs and wild ones is less than the difference between dogs and wolves.

Are you arguing that the mighty Chihuahua is more closely related to a wolf than a potbellied pig is to a wild boar?

 dogma wrote:

 Grey Templar wrote:
Yes they are. But the difference between domestic pigs and wild ones is less than the difference between dogs and wolves.

Are you arguing that the mighty Chihuahua is more closely related to a wolf than a potbellied pig is to a wild boar?

I said the exact opposite.

 Grey Templar wrote:

I said the exact opposite.

No, you didn't. You claimed that domestic pigs are less distinct from wild ones than wolves are from dogs.

Ok, Dogma. I don't know what is up with you today. Your reading comprehension is really bad.

In your first post.

Are you arguing that the mighty Chihuahua is more closely related to a wolf than a potbellied pig is to a wild boar?

You claim I said Dogs are closer to wolves than Pigs are to Wild Boar.


What I actually said is

But the difference between domestic pigs and wild ones is less than the difference between dogs and wolves

The difference between Pig and Boar is less than the difference between Dogs and Wolves.

IE: Pigs are closer to boars than dogs are to wolves.

The word "less" modifies the word "difference".