Strange Wild Pigs in California - What Turned Their Flesh Blue? (yahoo.com) 56
A professional trapper had one question about the wild pig he'd found in California. Why was its flesh blue?
The Los Angeles Times explains:
[California's Department of Fish and Wildlife] is now warning trappers and hunters to keep an eye out for possibly contaminated wildlife in the area, and not to consume the tainted meat, over concerns the blue meat is a sign that the animal may have consumed poison.... The startling find of wild pigs with bright blue tissue in Monterey County suggests the animals have been exposed to anticoagulant rodenticide diphacinone, a popular poison used by farmers and agriculture companies to control the population of rats, mice, squirrels and other small animals, according to a statement from the California Department of Fish and Wildlife. "Hunters should be aware that the meat of game animals, such as wild pig, deer, bear and geese, might be contaminated if that game animal has been exposed to rodenticides," said Ryan Bourbor, pesticide investigations coordinator with the state agency.
Diphacinone has been prohibited in California since 2024 (with exceptions for government agencies sor their certified Vector Control Technicians).
The state's Fish and Wildlife department says anyone who finds wildlife with blue fat or tissue should contact the state's wildlife officials.
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader Bruce66423 for sharing the news.
Diphacinone has been prohibited in California since 2024 (with exceptions for government agencies sor their certified Vector Control Technicians).
The state's Fish and Wildlife department says anyone who finds wildlife with blue fat or tissue should contact the state's wildlife officials.
Thanks to long-time Slashdot reader Bruce66423 for sharing the news.
WTF is the LA Times? (Score:1)
Editorial professionalism at its finest.
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Kind of figures (Score:5, Funny)
Well, it is a blue state.
Re:Kind of figures (Score:4, Funny)
We prefer the term cyanosis.
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Obligatory Spongebob Squarepants (Score:2)
It's not tainted meat - it's PAINTED meat! [youtu.be]
How stupid do they think the hunters are? (Score:4, Funny)
Any hunter, no, any human being that comes across blue meat, should be smart enough to know not to eat it. You don't need to be to be told not to eat blue meat.
In fact, that should be part of your hunter license test. They should ask you if you would eat blue meat, and if the wanna be hunter says "Yes", then they should be denied a hunter license.
And probably tested for dementia as well.
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Two things are infinite: The universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.
Re:How stupid do they think the hunters are? (Score:5, Insightful)
And how do you know how many hunters are also MAGA? Is there something they have to list on their application for a hunting license that tells you they're MAGA, or are you just throwing insults a people you've never met because you (I presume) don't approve of hunting?
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in order to claim that all hunters are MAGA
The only claim I am making is that you lack basic English comprehension. I never said all hunters are MAGA. That would be absurd and you should learn to read.
Re:How stupid do they think the hunters are? (Score:4, Insightful)
Because we are talking about really stupid people..
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And how do you know how many hunters are also MAGA? Is there something they have to list on their application for a hunting license that tells you they're MAGA, or are you just throwing insults a people you've never met because you (I presume) don't approve of hunting?
No, it's just common knowledge that the interests and hobbies of hunting align the most with republican voters. As do the states where the hobbies are most prevalent and the concerns about gun / hunting laws are republican voter issues they align with against democrats.
I mean I know this, ... I'm not even American, that's how common that knowledge is. I didn't say all hunters are MAGA or all MAGA are hunters, if you assumed I said that then maybe you know less about English than you do about hunting in Amer
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Funny, I grew up here in the USofA and have lived here for almost 76 years and I've never heard that before.
It's not even a USA thing. Across the world hunters tend to lean more to the right side of politics and align more closely with the righter political parties and their supporting parties of hunting rights tend to be on that side of the compass too.
Stop being dense.
Maybe you should consider checking your stereotypes
Maybe you should learn to read. I never made the claim you think I did. The opposite of my claim is that *no* hunters are MAGA, which is the opposite of "a number of hunters are MAGA". Is that what you think? If so that would be extremely stupid.
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Given the number of hunters who are also MAGA... And how do you know how many hunters are also MAGA? Is there something they have to list on their application for a hunting license that tells you they're MAGA, or are you just throwing insults a people you've never met because you (I presume) don't approve of hunting?
It's because ritualistic denunciation feels good.
People have been told to hate "MAGA", so they do. Simple as that. Most of them have no idea what they even mean by it.
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"Any human being should be smart enough to not need to be told not to vote for orange wild pigs"
Let's see if I follow (Score:2)
Don't go out into the woods, shoot some feral hogs, butcher them yourself, and then cook and eat the blue meat?
Yeah fam, I think I'm good on this one. That's a nope from me right from the outdoors, trudging through the woods part.
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That's a nope from me right from the outdoors, trudging through the woods part.
You mean like this?
https://youtu.be/bbcUsOfZTVI?s... [youtu.be]
It's just fiction dude. In the real world, that guy would have lost his underwear long before it even got to that point.
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You mean like this?
If guys in the woods wanna get their freak on, I'm not one to kink shame. Odd that there was less outrage over that sort of "woke" content back in the 70s too - must've been all the drugs.
But if you must know, what I actually had in mind is this Neil Patrick Harris ad that I've been getting a lot lately for mushroom coffee. He's standing in this obviously fake set of the outdoors and makes a few sarcastic remarks that clearly resonate with those of us who have a hate-hate relationship with nature. I'll a
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If it's made out of mushrooms, it's not coffee. OTOH, mushroom flavored coffee might be quite good...it would really depend on both the coffee and the mushroom.
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If it's made out of mushrooms, it's not coffee.
Good work, you just figured out why they don't just call it "coffee".
Re: Let's see if I follow (Score:2)
Camdy cap mushroom extract would be excellent in a latte. I've had hard candies with camdy cap mushrooms before and I totally get why people like it now.
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Odd that there was less outrage over that sort of "woke" content back in the 70s too - must've been all the drugs.
Back then, it passed for horror. Today, it passes for comedy:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?... [youtube.com]
If I need pork, I'm getting it from the grocery store.
If I need lobster, I put on my dive gear.
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Well... maybe if they want to buy that produce, they might have to work at a farm, in the field, and make minimum wage. I wouldn't mind... if I could get a ride to a farm, I'll work the fields.
Good thing they're clearing that pesky rainforest to make room for cows and veggies!
Or they ate crap (Score:2)
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Would you eat blue eggs and ham...? (Score:3)
You do not like them, so you say.
Try them! Try them! And you may,
Try them and you may, I say.
- Some hunter in California, apparently
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If I parsed that correctly it was the eggs that were green, not the ham.
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If I parsed that correctly it was the eggs that were green, not the ham.
There's no Oxford comma, so the ham and the eggs can both be green (or blue, as the case may be). Also, the illustrations from the book show both as being green.
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TV Dinners (Score:2)
TV dinners, I'm feelin' kinda rough
TV dinners, this one's kinda tough
I like the enchiladas, and the teriyaki too
I even like the chicken, if the sauce is not too blue
- ZZ Top
Clickbait headline (Score:5, Informative)
What a clickbait headline. First of all it's not the skin of the pig that turns blue, it's muscle and fat you can only see after it has been butchered. And they know exactly what caused it - it's because the rodenticide is covered in a powdered blue dye specifically for this purpose.
Pigs have been eating it, and it seems they are actually attracted to the rodenticide in this better article [ksbw.com]. Hunters have seen them eating it, and have also seen the blue dye in muscle and fat.
Finally, agricultural producers ARE allowed to use the poison in CA, hence why it's being used. It sounds like a simple solution is putting the poison in containers only the rodents can fit inside of to eat it, keeping the wild pigs from ingesting it.
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That is easier said that done. A wild hog can chew or root their way through almost anything except heavy steel or reinforced concrete. It takes a lot to stop a hog... and often the entire sounder may join in.
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I assume the state and also farmers poison hogs on purpose. It's not happening by accident.
Wild hogs are a terrible menace to farming, they reproduce at a high rate, and they will destroy crops, and compete for grain with farm animals.
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no points, but you refuted 90% of the "article".
Perhaps they assigned an LLM to write this story.
Wrong Animal (Score:2)
Normal on the outside,
but really blue on the inside.
Oh!
They're not pigs!
They're Rhinos !
Well, If You DO Eat It... (Score:2)
And there is any significant amount of the rodenticide in the meat, the cure is safe and reliable. Simply take Vitamin K supplements until it is out of your body. The poison inhibits Vitamin K synthesis in the body, and taking replacement Vitamin K gives complete protection.
Not pigs (Score:2)
Smurfs [funnybeing.com]
How disappointing (Score:2)
Why did it have to be rat poison, instead of colloidal silver?
By now everyone has heard (Score:2)
Climate Change. (Score:2)
To Paraphrase Crystal Gayle (Score:2)
didn't read the article (Score:2)
but sound like it could have come out of a porta-potty
-m