The fruit and vegetables my son sneaks out of my refrigerator to feed them also may attract them. We've told him many times that feeding wild animals makes them dangerously dependent upon man, but the truth is, I rarely stop him. It's so much fun having this unusual type of animal as part of our scenery. Together, our family has researched this animal, just as we've researched so many other amazing, natural occurrences we've encountered living in the Sonoran Desert of Arizona. However, there is nothing equal to first-hand experiences to make the facts mean something.
Javelinas have a musk gland on the top of the rump.
The books say that their odor is always apparent, especially when they are excited. That is a kind understatement. Javelinas smell very bad. You can smell a Javelina before you see it, especially if you are downwind from it. You always know when the Javelinas are coming.