Yeah, some animals are grossly overrated and become invasive pests despite being incapable of not being eaten. Wiping out the former megafauna was a bad idea as boars are taking over ecosystems at a unnaturally rapid pace, a 500 pounds equivalent of rats without the agility to escape from predators being everywhere isn’t really right.
At least boars become the next best thing for meat supply after chickens.
Nah, pigs are omnivores which gives their meat a sweeter taste. Tapirs are herbivores (frugivores really) so their meat probably tastes more like that of a vegan human.
>Tapirs reach sexual maturity between 3 and 5 years of age >Pigs reach sexual maturity between about 5 and 6 MONTHS of age
That and wild boars were probably less aggressive to domesticate back then.
>"Ha you idiot! I know you just showed me a video about how being careless could lead to a boar goring you like you said earlier! But watch this video of a guy being smart and staying out of the reach of them! Just like humans did with mammoths, and ground sloths, and bears, whales, and every other animal! Can't you see that boars are just weak?!"
Simply, just a reproduction advantage.
Tapirs give birth to a single calf every two years while pigs give birth to two litters of 12-14 piglets every year.
A pig is just a larval tapir
>boartism thread
What the frick is this console war bullshit
What are we, doggays?
Yeah, some animals are grossly overrated and become invasive pests despite being incapable of not being eaten. Wiping out the former megafauna was a bad idea as boars are taking over ecosystems at a unnaturally rapid pace, a 500 pounds equivalent of rats without the agility to escape from predators being everywhere isn’t really right.
At least boars become the next best thing for meat supply after chickens.
This photo was taken in Brazil wasn't it?
No, somewhere in Southeast Asia since that's a Banded pig
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banded_pig
What's tapir meat like?
Probably a lot like pork
Nah, pigs are omnivores which gives their meat a sweeter taste. Tapirs are herbivores (frugivores really) so their meat probably tastes more like that of a vegan human.
>so their meat probably tastes more like that of a vegan human.
You just got put on an FBI watchlist, buddy.
>so their meat probably tastes more like that of a vegan human.
Tell me more
pige
Why don't we farm them too?
>Tapirs reach sexual maturity between 3 and 5 years of age
>Pigs reach sexual maturity between about 5 and 6 MONTHS of age
That and wild boars were probably less aggressive to domesticate back then.
Wild boars aren't feral pigs, an anon in the other pig thread said so.
Feral pigs are domesticated swine that were released into the wild
Wild boar are the underestimated original version of what we domesticated into the pig
Any questions?
Undomesticated, not underestimated.
That too though, boar will frick you up if you're not careful.
>That too though, boar will frick you up if you're not careful.
Kek
>"See! See!!! It's a video of one of the most powerful predators on the planet killing a boar!!! That makes your opinion dumb and invalid chud!!!"
https://youtube.com/shorts/tmMP1_0droE?si=LTDfgr4C6GtLkN2k
>"See! It's a reel of a hunter being moronic and getting that close unprepared which proves my opinion that boars are badasses!!!"
https://youtube.com/shorts/ncSOB3K9Rzo?si=YyzlRLkmxc6ZxTtF
>"Ha you idiot! I know you just showed me a video about how being careless could lead to a boar goring you like you said earlier! But watch this video of a guy being smart and staying out of the reach of them! Just like humans did with mammoths, and ground sloths, and bears, whales, and every other animal! Can't you see that boars are just weak?!"
https://youtube.com/shorts/IXTSlSS_ENw?si=tZqu5ftJ_4PnkIH4
they can
but doesn't change the fact that tapirs mog pigs in literally every fricking way
Is that why members of suiidae exist in way more places than tapirs? Tapirs are living fossils that ought to drop the "living" bit.
Simply, just a reproduction advantage.
Tapirs give birth to a single calf every two years while pigs give birth to two litters of 12-14 piglets every year.