…but too many humans revile and/or ridicule suids – the pig family.
Warthogs (pictured above, at a waterhole in Namibia) get a particularly “bad press”.
They are routinely described as “ugly”.
Allegedly, their faces are ones that only their mothers could love.
To the best of my knowledge, I bear little resemblance to a warthog, but I really like warthogs’ faces…and their whole-hog selves.
A certain German-based supermarket wants Australians to see it as “Good Different”.
I wish Homo sapiens would learn to see suids that way, warthogs especially.
The next three Pelican Yoga posts will celebrate two of the eighteen suid species – one African, the other Indian.
The African species, pictured above at a waterhole in Namibia, is Phacochoerus africanus, the common warthog.
(photo is copyright Doug Spencer, taken in Okonjima at 9.30 am, 05 November 2022)
Click here for an overview of the Suidae, which are accurately described as “intelligent and adaptable animals”.