This video, made today by Michel de Vries near Ede in Gelderland province in the Netherlands, shows a wild boar family of two adults and seven piglets.
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Ahhh – reminds me of the javelina in Arizona… cactus eaters. Cute little critters, but don’t go near!
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Javelinas, or peccaries
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peccary
are relatives of Old World pigs; but not very close relatives.
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Interesting – they look a lot alike!
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Indeed. But apart from (rather distant) common ancestry, this is also a case of ‘parallel evolution’: they fit in similar ecological niches, with similar ways of life, adapting to that.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_evolution
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Adorable little stripey humbugs!
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Yes, the filmmaker could make this video so well as this is an area where they are not hunted.
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