# pigs eat farmer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [June 5, 2003, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744 "2003-06-05T01:42:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/21 "2003-06-06T16:27:19Z")
I crawled through some thick brush up in the Guadelupes to find out what was making a rustling noise and came face to face with a foraging javalina. 'Bout shit my drawers. There was an enormous pig on a rach in south Texas I used to work on. Deer hunters would see it from time to time but no one ever shot it because they didn’t want to piss it off. Rumor had it that the damn thing had killed a couple of illegal aliens trying to cross the place. That’d be a pretty crappy way to go. ---
**Author:** ![plnnr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7ea924/32.png) [@plnnr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/plnnr)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/22 "2003-06-06T16:49:50Z")
My grandfather kept pigs and was always very careful to remove the tusks of the little ones before they got too big. A pair of wire cutters and \. We were never allowed to go near the pig pens because “Them pigs’ll eat you up if they get the chance.” ---
**Author:** ![John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/2bfe46/32.png) [@John\_Carter\_of\_Mars](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Carter_of_Mars)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/23 "2003-06-06T17:12:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by ace22 \* > \*\*In the desert southwest, we have the javelina. They are mean, nasty, spiteful sumsbitches and when you run accross them in the wild you do **not** mess with them. They must taste good though, because I know several people that hunt them. > And before anybody states it, yes I know that javelina are rodents, but they closely resemble piggies. \*\* Well not to nit-pick, but Javelina aren’t rodents. Peccaries are classified in the Order Artiodactyla, along with other pig-like species. Rodents are classified in the Order Rodentia [http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/classification.htm](http://www.americazoo.com/goto/index/mammals/classification.htm) Regardless of classification, the little buggers are _mean_! ---
**Author:** ![Kalashnikov](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/2bfe46/32.png) [@Kalashnikov](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalashnikov)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/24 "2003-06-06T20:11:56Z")
Was anyone else’s my first thought on reading the thread title related to John Ross’s novel _Unintended Consequences_? Time to feed the hogs! ;j ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/25 "2003-06-06T21:45:17Z")
My daddy had a saying if you were late in arriving: “we thought the hogs had et ya’ !!” Like others have already said, hogs will eat anything. ---
**Author:** ![Eats\_Crayons](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/278dde/32.png) [@Eats\_Crayons](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eats_Crayons)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/26 "2003-06-06T23:19:17Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by plnnr \* > \*\*We were never allowed to go near the pig pens because “Them pigs’ll eat you up if they get the chance.” \*\* My great grandfather (a farmer and blacksmith) was viciously attacked by one of his biggest pigs (male) who was known to be very cantankerous when they bought him. In self-defense he pounded the pig on the snout with the only thing he had handy – a big-ass mallet thing (think “troll hammer from Buffy”) that he was still carrying on his tool belt. Pigs are remarkably intelligent animals, and after that, the beast knew better and my little dad and his brother were able to ride the pig like a horse. He actually became quite a docile and friendly pet. Note: My great grandfather did not believe in hurting animals as discipline – the pig was trying to tear off his leg, so the snout-bash was his only option. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [June 6, 2003, 11:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/27 "2003-06-06T23:21:15Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Blake \* > \*\*The fight for Animal Farm begins. \*\* Some pigs are more equal than others. ---
**Author:** ![Gr8Kat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gr8kat/32/18668_2.png) [@Gr8Kat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gr8Kat)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/28 "2003-06-07T00:47:56Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Q.E.D. \* > \*\*I’d be more worried about owning [cats.](http://www.straightdope.com/mailbag/mdepradation.html) \*\* I think Unca Cece gave cats a bad rap with that article. I don’t think that dogs are more loyal, they’re more willing to eat rotten meat. However, cats don’t like scavenging, and like their meat fresh. So dogs aren’t mourning your passing, they’re just waiting for you to get ripe. ---
**Author:** ![i\_like\_bacon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@i\_like\_bacon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/i_like_bacon)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/29 "2003-06-07T01:17:49Z")
this is why \*\* i like bacon\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2003, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744/30 "2003-06-07T01:38:47Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by i like bacon \* > **this is why \*\* i like bacon** \*\* I can’t believe it’s taken you so long to show up!!! 😃 OK, we need a pig-face smiley now. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pigs-eat-farmer/179744.md?page=1)