A Conversation for Colours of Wildlife: Hell Pigs
glad they died out
minorvogonpoet Started conversation Oct 7, 2018
I'm quite glad these hell pigs have died out. I think they would have been scary.
Though the small brain suggests they might not have been very bright.
glad they died out
Elektragheorgheni -Please read 'The Post' Posted Oct 7, 2018
they were certainly toothy enough.
glad they died out
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Oct 8, 2018
They look like part wolf, part buffalo, and part donkey. But they were related to whales? Go figure! 
glad they died out
Willem Posted Oct 8, 2018
Hi folks, thanks for the responses! I personally like scary animals … there's not much that's scarier than a lion, an elephant, a rhino or a hippo … if you're out hiking in the wild and stumble upon one! I've had some good scares. Still I like all of those scary beasites!
Paulh, that's the funny thing about how evolution can mold the shapes of things. I hope to sometime get to the whole story of whale-and-dolphin evolution. The very first 'whales' were small things looking like pigs crossed with dogs. Totally terrestrial.
glad they died out
paulh, vaccinated against the Omigod Variant Posted Oct 9, 2018
Big dogs are the scariest animals I've encountered. Unless you count a snapping turtle long ago, when I was a kid.
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