The beautiful ugly warthog

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Callie

Callie

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Oh boy! These guys are so awesomely ugly and yet so suave and debonair! I just love shooting them whenever I get the chance!
Images from Kruger NP Mkhuze NR and Mokala NP
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Nasty tusks. I guess the Leopards asked for bacon for breakfast so they all came for a drink?
Great set of images. I much prefer these to our Javalina’s that destroy everyone’s cactus.
Have you ever had warthog meat?
 
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Woodyg3 said:
Great shots!
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Thanks Woody
Butlerkid said:
Love those head shots! Especially #2! On my trip to Botswana, one of my 2 favorite images taken on the trip was of a wart hog! Fleeing in a cloud of dust!
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Thanks Karen - That is one very nice young male in your image!
Louis champan said:
Excellent set Callie, just amazing.
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Thanks, Louis!
BarkingBeans Coffee said:
Nasty tusks. I guess the Leopards asked for bacon for breakfast so they all came for a drink?
Great set of images. I much prefer these to our Javalina’s that destroy everyone’s cactus.
Have you ever had warthog meat?
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Thank you - I actually grew up with them on the farm but we were into kudu and springbok with the occasional gemsbok.
Rookie Roy said:
Awesome shots Callie! I think Warthogs are unique and extremely photogenic!
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Thanks Roy. They can be very nice models. Love it when they run away with their tails turned into aerials!
 
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ssheipel said:
Amazing looking beasts. Do we know if those extra pairs of bumps are proto horns? Nice shots, Callie!
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Thanks, Steven. The bumps are warts, three sets on the male, two on the female.
Warthogs are sparsely haired with a long and bristly mane down the neck to the middle of the back. The legs are relatively longer than most pigs. Males have 3 pairs of “warts,” 1 near the eyes, 1 on the snout and 1 pair on the lower jaw. The female's two pair of warts are smaller, with none on the snout.
Males often have a large, dark oily stain underneath their eyes, the result of a glandular excretion. A conspicuous white goatee is a further characteristic of a female warthog. The tusks of the female are thinner and mostly more curved. The most obvious indication of age in warthogs is the appearance of the top warts.
K9Kirk said:
As usual, a great set, Callie, I especially like the last shot. Gotta respect their toughness, if not their tusks.
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Thanks, Kirk, yeah, she was still a relatively young sow. The males can have massive tusks.
 
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Callie said:
Thanks, Steven. The bumps are warts, three sets on the male, two on the female.
Warthogs are sparsely haired with a long and bristly mane down the neck to the middle of the back. The legs are relatively longer than most pigs. Males have 3 pairs of “warts,” 1 near the eyes, 1 on the snout and 1 pair on the lower jaw. The female's two pair of warts are smaller, with none on the snout.
Males often have a large, dark oily stain underneath their eyes, the result of a glandular excretion. A conspicuous white goatee is a further characteristic of a female warthog. The tusks of the female are thinner and mostly more curved. The most obvious indication of age in warthogs is the appearance of the top warts.

Thanks, Kirk, yeah, she was still a relatively young sow. The males can have massive tusks.
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Thanks for the info. I dug a bit further with that prompting. Not actually warts (of course) they protect the animal. Couldn't find (I'm too impatient to make a good reasearcher LOL) anything that suggested they were the remnants of ancestral horns, but they are considered "horn-like organs." Anyway, I think they're brilliant looking beasts; certainly through your camera lens!
 
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