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– are invasive, exotic hybrids descended from crosses between Eurasian wild boar released in the 19th and early 20th centuries for hunting and food purposes and free-ranging domestic swine, which have been a part of the New World landscape since the 1600s. The feral hogs of the American Southeast – or “razorbacks” as they’re colloquially called in the U.S. The park is famed for its rugged relief, some of the most biodiverse temperate forests on Earth (a goodly portion of which are old-growth), and a very healthy population of black bears: some 1,500 of the ursids, according to the National Park Service.īlack bears are native to the Great Smokies pigs are not. Set along the Tennessee-North Carolina border, the Great Smoky Mountains are one of the most massive ranges of the Southern Appalachians and include a number of the tallest peaks in the U.S. (We hope for both animals’ sakes the bear was able to return and finish off the pig.)

The badly wounded hog remains in the ditch, and whatever eventually happened is unclear. Eventually, the exhausted-looking bear – which seems increasingly aware of the burgeoning traffic jam of onlookers – heads uphill without its prize. In the video, the bear repeatedly tears at the back of the hog’s neck (and the hog repeatedly squeals in response – good luck getting that sound out of your brain anytime soon) and tries several times to drag its victim up the steep wooded slope above the ditch. In a Yahoo! News article on the incident, Philip Talbot, who was part of the filming party, said they initially thought the two animals might be a mother black bear and her cub before they realised what was actually going on. and literally right on Gatlinburg’s doorstep. He still smiled- smiled like an animal.It was captured by a group of people headed back to Gatlinburg after touring the popular Cades Cove in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, the most-visited national park in the U.S. I grasped the wall to keep from sinking to the floor, to keep from grabbing him- to strike or caress, I didn't know.

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He ripped his claws free from the wall, and my knees buckled as he let go. And I would have taken a very, very long time, Feyre.' He said my name like a caress, and his hot breath tickled my ear. 'I would have had you moaning my name throughout it all. Every inch of my body went taut as his words echoed through me. 'I would have been gentle with you, though.' I shuddered as I closed my eyes. 'She asked me not to be gentle with her, either,' he snarled, his teeth bright in the moonlight. When I didn't find you,' he said, bring his face closer to mine, until we shared breath, 'it made me pick another.' 'I searched for you, and you weren't there. 'You drove me mad,' he growled, and the sound trembled down my neck, along my breasts until they ached. Still riding the magic, he was half-wild. 'Let go,' I said as evenly as I could, but his claws punched out, imbedding in the wood above my hands. No kindness, none of the wry humour and gentle reprimands. When I looked into his eyes, remnants of power flickered there.

'I searched for you, and you weren't there.' 'I smelled you,' he breathed, his painted chest rising and falling so close to mine. The cookie dropped from my hand as he grasped my wrists. “I was about to pass him when he grabbed me, so fast that I didn't see anything until he had me pinned against the wall.

Predator vs prey book by lee martin