Wild boar
As cloven-hoofed animals, wild boars are something of a special case: they are not ruminants, but omnivores that do not disdain meat such as mice, young hares, clutches, carrion, etc. They build large ground nests from twigs, which are used for sleeping and to protect the newborn young from enemies – or from the wet and cold. Wild boar have a large number of young and live in packs of female “sows” with their young; which are the one-year-olds. As animals that love physical contact, they like to rest body to body. The male “boars” prefer to live alone, and only visit the packs to mate in late autumn. There is fierce fighting for rank, which can already be observed as a game of fight and flight in newborns.
- Wild boars love to wallow and rub their bodies against tree bark. They roll around in the mud to cool off and protect themselves from parasites. When doing so, they rub themselves extensively on trees with the roughest possible bark.
Scientific Name
Sus scrofa
Age
- up to 15 years
Nutrition
- Crops
- Tree fruits
- Invertebrates
Adversaries
- Wolf
- Brown bear
Weight
- up to 150 kg
110 – 180 cm
Other mammals
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