Whether you're a life-long Tucsonan or a relative newcomer to the Southwest, you've probably seen--or caught a whiff of--javelina. PatParrisTV talked to some wildlife experts to bring you the story telling us why they're AbsolutelyArizona.
"Sometimes they're called pigs, which they're not," said Mark Hart with Arizona Game and Fish."They're peccary, native to Central and South America. There's a population in Arizona, New Mexico and Texas."
"Yes, I think a lot of people do get exited about seeing them," Hart said."But bear in mind they have very sharp canine teeth, tusks as they're known. They can cause serious puncture wombs." A group of javelina is actually called a 'squadron'. Squadrons usually average six to ten javelina, but could be as large as 50."The youngsters are known as reds, because of their red or tan color," Hart said."They lose that in about three months. But like mothers everywhere, javelina moms will react very instinctively to a perceived threat to their youngster."
The Wildlife Center often cares for adult javelina hit by cars—and baby javelina separated from their mothers.
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