Pigs know to stay clean

The round-necked pig (Tayassu Tajacu) looks very much like a pig's house, but the tail is short (1.5-1cm long), the hind leg has only three nails. Grass Pigs have necklace of Tayassuidae family, originating from ancient times in America. Whereas pigs belong to the Suiidae family and are of ancient origin in Europe, Asia and Africa.

Grows of mature grass T.tajacu has a body of about 1m long, weighs about 30kg, hard bristles, grizzly, with a white collar around the shoulders. Pigs are very healthy, fast, very fast and good swimmers. Canines are 3-3.5cm long; very sharp. Vision is poor, but hearing is sensitive. In adults there is a feather strip running from the top of the head to the buttock - this strip of hair is often raised every time it is stimulated.

On their backs, a gland secretes a very strong odor. Whereas smelling like that, but this type of pig is very clean and unclean like a pig or wild boar. In the desert, they know how to use sand to cleanse their bodies. When near water, they often bathe to cool down and to remove insects from the skin.

Adult males and females are the same in both size and color, while young ones have brown fur with little yellowing.

Agava Agave

Grass pigs T.tajacu often live in flocks of 10-20 heads, sometimes with flocks of up to 36 heads. The feeding area of ​​each herd ranges from 0.5-8km2, marked with the area of ​​other herds of grass by a characteristic odor.

Each such group consists of members of different ages, including males and females. Together they eat, sleep, dig, rummage. with the same type, they behave very kindly, there is no such thing as fighting, biting each other. Older and sick children often come to a deserted place to die.

In the summer, the grass and grass feed only in cool weather, in the early morning and in the evening, when they are resting under bushes or rocks; In the winter, they are busy making food all day.

Pigs of grass mainly eat plants, they love to eat Agava and Opuntia cactus. They also eat larvae, worms and small animals. Grass pigs can eat cacti so people like them to be present on farmland with too many cacti. The reason that the grass can eat such hard food is because their digestive system is very unique: The stomach consists of 3 compartments and bacteria play a major role in the process of consuming food.

Opuntia cactus

Sows begin to give birth when they are 2 years old. After a period of pregnancy between 142-149 days, the sow left the herd to find a place to give birth, the pig mother withdrew from the herd, and found a safe place for the newborn baby to not be eaten by the beast. Each litter, mother pigs usually give birth to 2 piglets. Newly born babies weigh about 0.45kg, can stand up and run for a few hours later. They returned to the herd with their mother for a day and were breastfed by their mother for about 8 weeks. Previous piglets also help their mother take care of her "brother".

Families of grass and pigs are raising young children, many times can attack humans. If a child in the herd is injured or being chased, its entire herd can combine to fight the enemy.

When in danger, the grass runs away at a very fast speed of about 40km / h, they can escape the pursuit of many wild animals, but they will fight fiercely if cornered. When threatened by a stronger enemy, each member will spread out, flee in all directions, the leader will often stay in battle, sacrificing himself to spend time with the young and the children will escape.

There are many stories that make the less experienced hunters kill mistocks for fear. These untrue stories often exaggerate the ferocity of the grass, making many people think that they are very dangerous to humans and pets.

In fact, in the battle between weeds and dogs, weeds often win, dogs are often killed or seriously injured. But that is only the case where the dog attacks first and the grass must defend itself to the best of his ability. As usual, grass pigs are completely harmless to humans and pets. They mainly eat grass and small animals. Like bears and many other animals, grass pigs will be friendly to people when regularly fed by humans.

The enemy in nature of T.tajacu is the jaguar Felis Concolor.

Pigs are often caught by local people and domesticated as domestic pets. They are often fattened by Indian and South American Indians for meat. Their meat is a protein-rich food, their skin is used as a variety of utensils, bones and teeth to make good tools for decoration.

Grass pigs have a collar that is distributed from the south of the United States to the year of Bzail, in nature, their lifespan is about 10 years. In nurturing conditions, they can live up to 24 years of age.