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Re:Ubiquitous Medieval Pigs by djitz on Monday November 02, 2020 @09:50PM (#24975870)
Not many people know that if you take the standard domesticated pig we’re all used to and let it roam free, it will change physically and behaviorally pretty quickly and resemble a boar. Pretty “wild” stuff.

https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/31104/202...

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Re:Ubiquitous Medieval Pigs by carlob on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @06:37AM (#24978685)
It's not entirely clear how many generations this take and whether breeding with the wild population is involved though. This would be extremely fascinating if we knew this to be entirely epigenetic...
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Re:Ubiquitous Medieval Pigs by thisrod on Tuesday November 03, 2020 @04:20PM (#24984128)
It happens in Australia and New Zealand, which don't have wild pigs.
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