Florida Ecosystem: Feral Hogs Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 6/4/2013
Difficulty:
2.5 out of 5
Terrain:
2.5 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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This cache was placed to celebrate the 500th anniversary of exploration & history in Florida on June 8th & 9th.

Viva Florida 500 at Paynes Prairie Preserve: Event GC48857

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Feral Hogs

Feral hogs are decedents of pigs brought to Florida by Spanish explorers and from other domestic swine stocks, which escaped or were released. They have become a destructive threat in Florida's state parks. Feral hogs are prolific breeders and have few natural enemies. Sows may bear 2 litters of 4 or 5 young per year, although larger litters are common. A herd of 35 hogs is capable of expanding to more than 2,000 individuals in a 10 year period. The diet of feral hogs consists mainly of plants which they “root up, as well as more easily obtained seasonal foods such as nuts and acorns. Rodents, young birds and eggs, snakes, salamanders, lizards, turtle eggs, frogs, and crayfish represent only a partial listing of the animals eaten by hogs. Animal life makes up more than a quarter of their diet. Hogs compete with native animals for food. They also disturb the soil in which many plants and animals occur. Plants not actually eaten are damaged when root systems are exposed or broken as the hogs root for food. In Florida, feral hogs are commonly infected with a disease known as Brucellosis. This highly infectious disease can be transmitted to domestic pigs and to people. Although normally shy, feral hogs are unpredictable and should never be approached. These destructive animals area removed from state park lands whenever possible.

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