Could Mother Hog EAT Her Piglets?! 😱 | The Secret Life of the Zoo | Nature Bites
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 20 ม.ค. 2022
- Did you know that pigs, if disturbed during the birthing process, can EAT their offspring? Keepers must find a way to protect the piglets being born in the zoo without disturbing their mother.
The red river hog or bushpig, is a wild member of the pig family living in Africa, with most of its distribution in the Guinean and Congolian forests. It is rarely seen away from rainforests, and generally prefers areas near rivers or swamps.
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I wonder if she was unhappy with the bedding, i thought they preferred dirt for birthing. She might have been trying to get the babies up and out of the straw as from the clips it looked like she was trying to un bury them
I wonder if she was trying to remove the afterbirth because again these are wild animals and they normally try to cover up anything that leads to predators trailing looking for weak and young prey .
That was my immediate thought as well. She immediately up and it sort of cleans the piglet up at the same time.
also she appeared stress..as she is not happy with her surroundings! and did not want the same for her piglets.poor sow
Generally mammals eat the afterbirth. If they don’t, they’ll kick dust onto the baby to mask the dust. Elephants for example.
How could she be happy with that huge pig still nursing and bullying the others. So unnecessary!
I've never seen pigs like that before. They're surprisingly pretty with their colors. I have an affection towards pigs as I used to raise pot belly pigs.
I helped look after pot bellies, such adorable creatures. I also had to look after some Gloucester Spots, they were quite dangerous especially the boars.
River hogs! There's some at the zoo I frequent and they're absolutely gorgeous.
Un poco inquietante el nacimiento de estos animalitos tan graciosos. Que bueno que todo salió bien. Gracias 😍😍😍
Awesome 😍
Fascinating! Relieved there was a happy ending. The little stripey ones are very sweet!
She maybe was maybe worried about rolling on top of them while giving birth and made sure they were far enough away. Her moving them with her snout in a room full of straw bedding seems safer than her trying to pick them up in her mouth.
Yep
Omg they're adorable
Tein siblings kinda acted likrbolder kids who get 1st set of siblings, I'm not feeding them, get them away from me, I'm not babysitting or diaper changing lol
What kinds of pigs are they?
Red river hogs,quite rare.
Mom likes bacon too
ZACH SAM
Only three! Other members of the sus sufra family routinely have >10.
They aren't members of the sus genus. They are members of the potamochoerus genus.
@@SluttChops I see.
SOOOOOO WHO KEEPS THEM FROM EATING THEM IN THE WILD 🤦♀️😆🤣😂😉🖖🏻💚💯
they said in the wild she would be alone.
so the mother probably goes off alone and gives birth
Generally it’s me. Mousonavitch Barrington Scrappinewski III at your service. I’ve saved 463 piglets from overzealous mothers since I began my work in 1997 and I will continue this calling while I draw breath. The hard part is the detective work; finding out which Sows are pregnant, where they live and if they’re prone to savaging their young. Forrest creatures have a form “no snitching” culture that many abide by so getting this info involves more than just bribery and threats; I have to have leverage on some, be willing to beat it out of others etc. Its a lot of work but the piglets deserve it. Sadly I can’t do this forever but while I can, I will.
I offer pig removal services starting at $10 per pig.
Hyenas will gladly do the job for them.
When I was a kid I saw a friends collie eat her pups, I was told it’s instinct if the pups were sick or dead, guess it’s nature’s way
Geez that must have been hard to watch.
This is true. My mother tried to do this to me as well.
@@SluttChops
LOL
Good thing you have bad taste. @@SluttChops
They should have given her a shot of Oxytocin to increase her manternal proclivities. Also, raising other members of the sus sufra family is done millions of times each year. They have specially designed pens that, while allowing piglet access to the sow, keep the sow from harming the piglets. Also the two have vastly different temperature needs with sows needed to cool down and piglets needing very warm temperatures. Another reason why modern farrowing confines have different places for sow and piglet so that separate temperatures can be maintained.
They aren't domesticated pigs. They aren't even members of the sus genus. They are members of the potamochoerus genus and have vastly different needs than other suidae.
@@SluttChops thanks again. Could they even breed with domesticated pigs? Are they more related to Javelina? Warthogs? They are certainly beautiful.
@@boxsterman77 They are more closely related to warthogs. Not sure if they can breed with domestic pigs.
@@boxsterman77Warthogs have 34 chromosomes while domestic pigs have 38. This difference is dramatic enough that I don’t believe they could interbreed. For context, donkeys and horses 62 and 64 chromosomes; mules receive 63.
I read that some animals breed badly in captivity and mothers under the stress of captivity can turn on their young which they wouldn’t do in the wild, maybe you all should take that as a sign not to mess with nature?
Sounds like Australia. Can't help but notice on alot of these videos peoples teeth seem to be messed up pretty bad why is that.do they not have any kind of dental help there??
of all the reasons to comment..this shallow ,dense being here ,had to talk about people's appearance
@@alfawolf7125 because they feel invincible behind a screen and feel a need to be an asshole.
@TreeRat TortureFest
the name cherokee,says a lot ahmed!
That is just rude. Really??? Those beautiful women are dedicating their lives to saving these precious animals and you have the gall to attack someone’s appearance. Take a look in the mirror.