The one in the back is a wild hog. I placed it next to a javelina for comparison. Note the tusks. Hogs curve out, while javelinas are straight.
About to disappear into the scotch broom-esque bush.
See original picture on picassa (it's a video)
A real beast. K7 and I both immediately thought it was some kind of pig statue someone had left on the side of the road. Which clearly makes total sense.
Large adult Wild Boar, photographed with piglets (now in the tall grass) on Wildlife Drive within Merritt Island NWR.
Wild boar (Sus scrofa) is a species of pig, including at least 16 subspecies, and part of the biological family Suidae. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig, an animal with which it freely hybridises. Wild boar are native across much of Northern and Central Europe, the Mediterranean Region (including North Africa's Atlas Mountains) and much of Asia as far south as Indonesia. Populations have also been artificially introduced in some parts of the...
