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Javelinas, more properly called Collared Peccaries, are not pigs, in spite of their piglike appearance. They belong to a different zoological family, the Tayassuidae. Pigs belong to the family Suidae.

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My bad, changed to peccary.

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Dang it Ronald! I was just about to offer that correction! "Javelina are not pigs. They look similar, but pigs are from the "Old World" and peccary are "New World" animals." (Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum)

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I've seen that "Nessie" pic described as the tail of an otter without any perspective to show size. Didn't realise it was faked.

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I assumed that it was common knowledge that it was a fake head/neck attached to a toy. Here is the story. https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lochness/legend3.html

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That's interesting, I had a book years ago – written I think in the 1950s or 60s which showed that picture and a whole lot of other pictures of otters diving, which looked remarkably similar. Although let's face it is not a brilliant picture to begin with. But being relatively old I somehow doubt the ability of 1930s toy submarines to support anything that tall without tipping over. :)

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Polar bears on the roof reminded me of this story from our area. If the less than imaginatively named protagonist were real, climate change would be even more concerning: https://www.itv.com/news/westcountry/2022-01-11/snowy-the-bear-to-remain-at-bath-pub-after-campaign-to-save-it

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