December 21, 2024

I am a Collared Peccary

I like Scrub Oaks and Prickly Pears

I have a musk-emitting gland on my butt

That I use to remind my herd that I'm here.

(Note from Dee: Happy Solstice. Remember that no matter what else happens, there will be a little more sunshine in your life every day for the next 6 months. Make the most of it.)

Location: Hugh Ramsey Nature Park, Harlingen, TX

Sources: https://www.depts.ttu.edu/nsrl/mammals-of-texas-online-edition/Accounts_Artiodactyla/Pecari_tajacu.php

Photo and text © 2024 Dee Fairbanks Simpson

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May 11, 2022

I am a Collared Peccary

Also known as a Javelina

You might mistake me for a pig or a boar

But never for a ballerina.

Special thanks to guest photographer, David Simpson.

Location: Hazel Bazemore Park, Corpus Christi TX

Sources: https://animaldiversity.org/accounts/Pecari_tajacu/

Photo © 2022 David Simpson and text © 2022 Dee Fairbanks Simpson