What is the difference between a warthog and a wild boar?

WarthogThe difference from wild boars is that warthogs have their signature appearance and a pair of large warts under their eyes, while wild boars do not have these characteristics.

The ** under the eyes of the warthog each grows a pair of large warts, hence the name. Male warthogs prolong another pair of smaller warts on their snout, which sit above the fangs. When digging for food, these warts may help protect the eyes and make the head appear larger, making adult warthogs look more hideous.

Features of warthogs

Warthogs are social animals that often form small family groups, consisting mainly of mother warthogs and baby warthogs. Male warthogs live alone and only join the colony during mating. Warthogs are the only pigs in the world that can survive months without water.

They can also live in high temperatures that are much higher than normal temperatures, and perhaps they can store water in their bodies, like desert camels.

It's the same as antelope. They like to bathe in the mud and are covered in mud like a rhinoceros. This has the Department of Cooling and eliminating parasites on the body.

Two effects. Warthogs are mostly burrowing, so they can hide from predators.

It can also prevent sun exposure.

Although they are very good at burrowing, they will make use of the burrows that other animals have already dug as their home. They enter these holes with their back half first, always with their heads facing the opening, so that they can use their fangs against intruders first. When they wake up every morning, they rush out of their burrows at high speed to avoid any predators that might be waiting at the mouth of the cave.

First of all, it is certain that domestic pigs and wild boars can be crossbred, and we already have such experiments in China. After crossing, many production properties will change, including his habits. Below we will briefly introduce the various properties of domestic pigs and wild boar crossbreeding.

Changes after hybridization.

1.Appearance characteristics: The changes after hybridization are still relatively obvious, mainly in the basic characteristics of appearance.

The body hair of the hybrid offspring is relatively coarse and hard, with stripes of different sizes on the body, which fade after about half a year, and most of the body is gray-brown, the head is relatively narrow, the neck is moderate, the waist and back are straight, and the limbs are relatively long and developed. The most important thing is that the piglets after birth can move almost after birth, and they are more afraid of people.

2.Changes in production performance: At the age of two months, the average weaning weight has reached about 10 kg, the weight at midnight in September is about 74 kg, and some have reached 80 kg.

In about 200 days, we measured its daily gain, which was about a little more than a pound. Compared with the normal daily weight gain of the bold, the daily weight gain of wild boars is relatively slow. The ratio of feed to meat is more serious, reaching 4:

1 or so. In the feeding management, it is necessary to pay attention to the late changes in the socks of the raw people, after the hybridization, their vigilance is still relatively strong, and they are more sensitive to various changes in the outside world.

3.Changes in meat quality: Of course, the focus is on the change in meat quality, after the crossbreeding of domestic pigs and wild boars, we found that the taste of meat is more excellent, among which the lean meat rate is relatively high, the quality of the meat is very good, and the fat content is relatively low. The thickness of the backfat has also been reduced a lot.

4.Disease Research: Everyone knows that African swine fever was found in wild boars. Of course, some other diseases of wild boars after crossbreeding are relatively rare, but some diseases can also occur. For example, African swine fever, foot-and-mouth disease and other diseases are also frequent.

After the crossbreeding, we observed its offspring, and the production performance was not good. There are only about 8 9 piglets in each litter, but the resistance of the piglets is relatively strong. This is incomparable to domestic pigs, and there are now cases of domestic pigs being crossed with wild boars in some other places, and some people have used it to make a fortune.

1. The difference between warthogs and wild boars: Warthogs have their signature appearance and have a pair of large warts under their eyes, while wild boars do not have these characteristics.

2. The ** under the eyes of the warthog, each grows a pair of large warts, hence the name. Male warthogs prolong another pair of smaller warts on their snout, which sit above the fangs. These warts may help protect the eyes when digging for food, and they can also make the head appear larger, making adult warthogs look more hideous.

3. Wild boars are also known as mountain boars and pig animals. The appearance of the pen is fierce. They are widely distributed in the world, but due to factors such as human hunting and the drastic reduction of living environment, the number has decreased dramatically, and has been listed as an endangered species in many countries.

Wild boars are omnivorous and eat whatever they can.