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  2. Red river hog - Wikipedia

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    Red river hogs breed seasonally, so that the young are born between the end of the dry season in February and the midpoint of the rainy season in July. [2] The oestrus cycle lasts 34 to 37 days. [9] The male licks the female's genital region before mating, which lasts about five to ten minutes. Gestation lasts 120 days. [2]

  3. Wild boar - Wikipedia

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    The wild boar (Sus scrofa), also known as the wild swine, [4] common wild pig, [5] Eurasian wild pig, [6] or simply wild pig, [7] is a suid native to much of Eurasia and North Africa, and has been introduced to the Americas and Oceania. The species is now one of the widest-ranging mammals in the world, as well as the most widespread suiform. [5]

  4. Pig - Wikipedia

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    Pig names are used in idioms and animal epithets, often derogatory, since pigs have long been linked with dirtiness and greed, [145] [146] while places such as Swindon are named for their association with swine. [147] The eating of pork is forbidden in Islam and Judaism, [148] but pigs are sacred in some other religions. [149] [150]

  5. Rut (mammalian reproduction) - Wikipedia

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    The first breeding phase of the rut takes place between the beginning and the middle of September. This is when the three year and older cows come into estrus. During this time herd bulls bugle to keep their cows close by, they also answer the bugles of satellite bulls to let them know they are still dominant.

  6. Animal sexual behaviour - Wikipedia

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    Many animal species have specific mating (or breeding) periods e.g. (seasonal breeding) so that offspring are born or hatch at an optimal time. In marine species with limited mobility and external fertilisation like corals , sea urchins and clams , the timing of the common spawning is the only externally visible form of sexual behaviour.

  7. Boar–pig hybrid - Wikipedia

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    A project to create them, under the name Iron Age pig, started in the early 1980s by crossing a male wild boar with a Tamworth sow to produce an animal that looks like the pig from long ago. [1] Iron Age pigs are generally only raised in Europe for the specialty meat market, and in keeping with their heritage are generally more aggressive and ...

  8. 500 pounds of python caught when mating rituals revealed in ...

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    Trackers placed in males led to the mating balls, officials said. ... In all, 11 pythons were caught — one more than 16 feet long — bringing the tally to 500 pounds of snake.

  9. Common warthog - Wikipedia

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    The lower pair, which is far shorter than the upper pair, becomes razor-sharp by rubbing against the upper pair every time the mouth is opened and closed. The upper canine teeth can grow to 25.5 cm (10.0 in) long and have a wide elliptical cross section, being about 4.5 cm (1.8 in) deep and 2.5 cm (0.98 in) wide. A tusk will curve 90° or more ...