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Published: 2015-01-15 18:07:18 +0000 UTC; Views: 454; Favourites: 3; Downloads: 0
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Description After napping in the sun, the warthog pair decided to lie down in the moist soil. I found these guys to be rather cute. But they still had nothing on the adorable, fluffy peccaries. Too bad I couldn't get any good photos of them.

Warthog (Phacochoerus africanus)
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Pro-American [2015-01-15 21:54:47 +0000 UTC]

NOT very photogenic is he/she?  UGH....  they don't call them warthogs for nothing.... are they fairly brutal characters or do they run the opposite direction when confronted?

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DragaFlammis In reply to Pro-American [2015-01-16 16:03:38 +0000 UTC]

Ha ha, not really. Although I think they're kind of cute in a way. It's probably those manes and big eyes. I don't know much about warthogs, but I have seen videos where they've charged people who got too close. They've also been known to chase after and attack predators trying to eat their young. There's a video on YouTube of some warthogs goring a leopard, eventually killing it. I'd say that, like most animals, they have more of a flight than fight response, but will put up a good fight when they have to.

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