Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1910-01-07
I.i VICIOUS PECCARY
4 Fierce Creature Is the South
American Wild Boar.
he IS SMALL. BUT FEARLESS
VaI Attack Mas E Any Animal In es'
.senes on tine sIisntss, Provoestion
and viii Fish, TO the osath--A Bat
tls With q yaausr.


and viii Fieh, TO the ossth--A Bat
us With . Jaausr.
Imrins one Of his Journeys into Mex
D., Edward ". Walton. n mining ex'
t., h-a q close call fron heing sliced
(, Shr..ls Dy the brTcr little S''uih
Avert IN pigs kDown NJ pe'cnrirs. He
t.d TN. story of his eSsupe to Den
YER I'~i reporter
Il wished to secure some plumes
sr,,m u numier ~ The beautifully plum.
aged tirds." said Mr. Walton II went
irir The jungle aud came tn small
e,-ulng In whIrh there were dry
Lavr~ probably n foot In depth. cov'
sfinr the ground. and hundreds oi
beautifully coiorrd tropical birds In
~. air and In the trees fired ~ one
a. IN. birds In hight. when u seemed
a. me- The whole area ~ these dead
L.aves arose In froni af and MI around
me-. Rsing n stranger. naturally ! was
much frightened. especially when !
saw IN. animals which raised M the
l.nves apparently ready for an attack.
IT.. nller animals opened and closed
their nmuths. showing their hig. shnrp
tn~ks formed much like dirk knife.
srd some of them started toward me.
In,nulsively Z commenced firing my
rnn In the air and turned around.
with seemed "a stop most ~ them
nn,n"nfariiy. and ~ I had lots ~ car.
tridrrs kept M the shooting and
Tho, turned md ran away found
ssrsrwnrd that I Ind saved my life
~ ~, doing and by not shooting any Of
the animals
Those animals proved To he pecca-
Pies. They are most feroricus and will
s''nrk amy animaI IN existence on the
SLIGHTEST provocaflon. When got
i,r.k 10 headgunrters and iold my com.
tarlnns my experience was Informed
tha' had shot one ~ the animals and
made him squ~al the Whole bunch
w"uld have been on me and would
have turn me 10 pieces quickly. They
have b.en known h. XIII hears. jaguars.
sn'ile horses and any number Of dogs
Although In the fight scores Of their
pnml~r might he killed. they seem to
have No fear when once aroused.
Il was told the peccariea burrow I'M
der the dry leaves 20 protect them
selves from mosquitoes aud other
winged pests Of that hot country. My
friends had many exciting experiences
." tell In regard 10 these ferorious IT.
u. animals. One OF this party. while
travelling with q companion IN q wng
on. sioiiped Tor lunch under some trees
aud turned their horses cut 10 Craze.
While al lunch q large bunch OF pee.
cares appeared. and they thought II
woild be nice 10 shoot among them
amd get ONE or two for meat. so they
fired into them. wounding several.
whirh commenced to saueal Then the
wh"ir bunch made an attack. The men
rIin'brd quickly into the wagon and
kept on shooting 80 long as the am
DIunition which they had Ia their
.ys~krts lasted. As they were opening
il,sii bags 10 get out more ammunition
tn. is'ccarics climbed up the tongue
of the wagon aud jumped into II. and
the H9n saved themselves only by
jumping Oh 60 the scat aud then ON O.
linil's ~ the trees. the ppccarics takln-
Is'-session VI the wagon aud tearing
things to pieces. They remained In
Possession foe hours. the men watching
thrin from safety la the trreS
The peccary. or South American Wild
buar Is the smallest vf his species. nv.
eraging about three feet long. nor Is
the animal I,osSrsscd of ANY unusHai
degree of strength 10 mnke up for
ibr natural individual deficiencies In
.,,miai It,h nc attic :. v--fol ant
uals Of the ,ungie the pecaries al
WAYS travel In large herds. When once
atlark,d by q herd of peccaries the
oul,uulc u ueary always death to their
%Leny. Tue little pigs ATE armed WIN
snnrt shan, tusss aud no mlitcr how
yr.at The slaughler OF thclr own num-
s,.r during the melee the herd stay Oh
IN. lob until the work Is finished
lravelers "a iroplCaI aud South
American cvuatries tell OF nerre 81"
..aiui-rs bel ween the pecrarles and the
bruar. the monster cat wh'rh Is i"'d
oi ia. forest. The Jaguar has tond'
o,.ss for a dinner OF pork. but whole
sour respect for 10, power OF neru
.t wild pig. When he wants to sat
isfy his cravings for a pork diet he
drops from limb OF a tree on 10 TUG
hack OF slraggler IN the peccary
herd. The iaguar Stays his victim ana
turu retreats hastily 20 his tree De
fore the herd can get at him. Wheh
me herd grows Tired OF waiting Tor
him TO come down and moves along
The iaguar descends and enjoys his
meal Mt leisure. Frederick Selous In
his romance OF the animal world mas
m interesting account Of a rght De
tween jaguar aud herd OF pee
carries. The peccaries had the jaguar
freed on the limb Of a tree from which
the bark had rotted away. He was
only n few feet above them aud by
bnrnsslng aud jumping at their enemy
nnally succeeded 10 bringing the con
nht 10 the ground. After the fight
WAS over there were eleven killed and
wounded p~ccaries. but the jaguar was
literally torn TO pieces
Same Thing Now.
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