Wild boar

The Wild Boar (Sus scrofa) is a wild animal, mammal and omnivore. Its range covers the whole of Europe, northern Africa, much of Asia, stretching south to Indonesia. In Romania it inhabits forests starting with the delta and the Danube floodplain, up to the Carpathian thickets.
The boar is the ancestor of the domestic pig, belongs to the family Suidae, the scientific name being Sus scrofa attila. It is also known as glican (Transylvania), wild pig. Strong males are also called boars, and godach or fat piglets.
Met quite rarely in the lyrics dedicated to forest creatures, but often mentioned in the savory hunting stories, Wild Boars! it bears the label of a "terrible beast", being considered a symbol of unbridled power, violence and savagery.

Feeding Wild Boar

Wild boar prefers forests with fruit-producing forest species, oak and Beech, for food and thickets for shelter.
Here's how the Wild Boar gets its food. It needs moist land with stagnant water.
It is an omnivorous animal, feeding on underground roots and stems, berries, agricultural plants, larvae, Bream, gastropods, bird eggs, corpses. Generally 85% of its food is of plant origin and 15% animal.

Wild Boar Appearance

It is a robust animal, its body length reaching 2 m in males and 1.5 m in females. The tail is 15 – 20 cm long, and at the tip has a more hairy tuft. At the withers it reaches a height of up to a meter.
The muzzle is elongated and powerful, finished with a cartilaginous disc in which the nostrils of the boar are placed. Its dentition is strong, the canines are very developed.
They are recurved, with triangular section and length up to 28 cm, implanted in the lower jaw, about two thirds of their length, constituting a formidable defense weapon. The skin, being rough and thickened, is also a defense weapon.
Each foot has four toes, two of which are well developed, with strong hooves, and the other two are rudimentary and placed on the inner face of the foot, like Spurs.
The adult fur consists of long and rough bristles, split at the tip. On the nape, along the spine, grows a Mane made up of long and rough bristles.

Wild Boar Behavior

Of the senses the most developed are smell and hearing, seeing being weaker.
Its activity is predominantly nocturnal. The Wild Boar manifests an instinct of association in groups, called sows, led by old sows. Mature males prefer solitary life.
In general, the Wild Boar does not attack the human when it is at the Strait, cornered and injured, and the human is in its immediate vicinity. It moves in small, sportive trots, with which it can travel long distances in search of food.
When needed, he also gallops, but for short distances. swim well, but only forced by circumstances.

Wild Boar Breeding

The Wild Boar manifests an instinct of association in groups, called sows, led by old sows. Mature males prefer solitary life.
The mating season is winter, between November and December. Gestation lasts 17 weeks, after which each sow has 5 to 10 piglets with which it remains until November of the following year.
The sow cares for her cubs well, defending them against enemies. These are the Wolf, the Lynx, sometimes the bear. Of the diseases, the most dangerous is swine fever.