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I'll take that a little further Hellcat. The goal of war is to make the other side give up (OK, win.). Ideally and theoretically, that can be accomplished by maneuvering the opposing army out of positions you would like to have and from which you can so threaten the capital and that it capitulates. That's the ideal; I don't believe it ever happened. It usually happens that to maneuver an opposing army you must kill enough to make the remainder move.
I did see that segment on hogzilla. Without acknowledging truth or fiction. I believe it's possible. I've heard it predicted that if humans suddenly disappeared, the only domestic animals surviving would be pigs and cats -- and, to a degree, mongrel dogs. The cat can revert to feral within days (assuming it hasn't been declawed), but it doesn't change its appearance. The pig changes during its lifetime. The first litter born in the wild closely resembles the razorback. The third generation is totally wild. Don't know how that is, but that's essentially the way it goes. A pedigreed pair of Durocs will have wild boars as grandchildren.
I'll now modify my statement on hogs at Gettysburg. Even the domesticated hog is opportunistic and omnivorous. Given that many were probably turned loose in the passage of troops, it is quite possible that hog predation was there.
Ole
Last edited on Sat Jan 13th, 2007 04:57 pm by ole