How do pigs protect themselves from predators?
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They have very thick skin and can move very fast when they want to.
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To gore things that are trying to attack them.
730959
Most people (including farmers) choose to be sound of mind, and are not into animal cruelty of any sort. Unfortunatley, even in the 21st century there are still some people (in all walks of life) who make cruel decisions. Most farmers would never set badger traps, but a small minority do because they think badgers are responsible for spreading bovine TB. \n\nIt'd be unlikely that anyone could run over a badger in a tractor - badgers are nocturnal and don't spend much time out in the open.
353307
Poor guinea pigs.\nWhat they need is a nice big field full of clover and dandelions and no nasty owner to control and confuse them....
784992
I used to work at a wildlife park so I saw them daily.  I also lived on a farm.  We saw them all the time there.  We actually had a family of them under our barn one year.  They are quite cute when you see mom leading 3-5 babies out for a walk!  If you see one don't run or make alot of noise.  Just walk away.  They only spray if they feel threatened and only after they give you 2 warnings prior to a spray.  The warnings are as follows:\n\n1) chomping teath.  They snap at you basically.\n2) they lunge at you (will jump forward then back).\n\nand after that you better hope your gone or you'll be stinky.\n\nThey don't spray all the time because they only produce so much of their pungent oder.  They tend to warn you first or walk away if they feel you won't threaten them fully.
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Since they have no natural predators, they take over the environment.  This happens because the addition of this new predator throws off the balance of the ecosystem, sometime fataly.
1100361
Wow . . . lots of government sheep have come to the defense of their fellow farm animals.\n\nCops are gang members, willing to protect their own whether right or wrong.  Anyone who thinks otherwise either hasn't dealt with the police or is a police officer (or is related to one).  The things cops get away with in the United States . . . we'd look at them in another country and call it totalitarianism run amok.  But that couldn't happen here -- oh, no, of course not.  We're the good ol' US of A.
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a Wolf. Better to live alone and prey then follow others and be preyed upon.
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I think they are referred to as "feral" hogs.  Check Michigan DNR for seasons, weapons, and permits.
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pigs used to be fed anything including human waste. so i guess that you could feed them scraps of wood just so they would have something to munch on. i know that you can feed cows sawdust but not for very long.
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what are they supposed to be protecting them from,,,,, the butcher???
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Each has it's own methods.\nSurprisingly undergrowth and thick forest provide excellent cover. I have seen pigeons tough it out by hunkering down in a flat field, but suspect that is just the normal sleeping behaviour.\nAny creature that has it's own territory will have it's own safe places (holes, nests, caves, thick bushes, etc.), migrant species may move out of the danger area.
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Well being a medium-sized raptor it does have a few natural enemies.   And they are pretty aggressive when it becomes to protecting their nests from predators.   Still since they nest on the ground, the young and eggs can be  vulnerable to mammalian predators, such as racoons and skunks, when the parents are not around, but as adults, marsh hawks are sometimes preyed upon by stronger and larger raptors, such as great horned owl, red-tailed hawks, goshawks, and golden eagles.
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some dig holes, have a trap door, waith until prey comes along, and the grabs them...\n\nothers hunt by going out..
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The most dangerous animal, besides man, is the mosquito.  They carry malaria and other diseases that kill 1 million Africans a year.  Bug repellent, mosquito nets and staying away from standing water is probably the best bets in avoiding them.
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A large feral male hog is not a friendly creature.  They have been known for thousands of years to attack humans. They are quite capable of killing even a grown man and yes, they are also scavengers that will eat dead flesh.  During the American Civil War, union troops revisiting a previous battlefield found hundreds and hundreds of men killed and buried there had been disinterred by feral hogs and eaten.  It was said to have completely unhinged more than one soldier who saw it.  \nI have a cousin who, as a teenager, encountered a razorback hog in the woods in Alabama.  The blasted thing chased him up a tree and wouldn't leave.  Fortunately, my cousin's father and uncle were out deer hunting, heard his cries for help and came to his aid.  The hog turned on them, knocking his uncle to the ground and severely lacerating his legs with a pair of nasty fangs.  Cousin's father managed to shoot and kill the hog before it killed the uncle.  Later, the family at the hog.  There was enough to feed more than seventy people...
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First of all, you need to learn the difference between Hunters and Poachers. Hunters obey the laws enacted to protect the animals - game and non-game animals. Hunters respect the animal they are hunting. True, most Hunters do so for the sport, but it is fair chase and the animal becomes food for the Hunter and his/her family. Like it or not, we by nature are predators. Hunting also helps keep animal population under control. Since we have intruded into the animals area, there is less room and natural food for large populations. Larger populations means disease and hunger. Poachers kill animals illegally. They do not obey the laws. They kill for profit because some PEOPLE like to buy the tusk, furs, etc of non-game and protected animals. Don't put the blame on Hunters, but the PEOPLE that finance the Poachers with their illegal purchases.