Javelinas !

Javelinas !, originally uploaded by angryparsnip.

Here are some Javelinas moseying through the Orange Trees... I love
them but my dogs don't. . . I get barking dogs on one side of the
fence and the leader of the herd ready to protect on the other side. . .
I try to keep them at safe distance they can do damage. The babies
are called Piglings and are so cute, Someone wrote about hairy little
loafs of bread with tiny feet and that really fits.

Javelinas are not hairy pigs, they are Collared Peccaries and are
classified with other mammals like hippopotamus ( neat ! ) but broke
off from pigs to become Peccaries. . . there is a Children's Book
called " Don't Call Me Pig " They also remind me of the Japanese
Boars.

They are nearsighted and have a excellent sense of smell, startle
easily and can run up 25 miles an hour as they run over any obstacles,
they squirt out a musk, ( awful ) as they run and this is how the herd
regroups.
Sometimes early in the morning I hear them "Quacking" to each other as
they walk along. It is really quite charming.

Hope this help Eryl. . . as you can tell I really like them and have
lots of books on them. Plus I was born in the Year of the Boar so they
are my People. . .

Cheers, parsnip