[NormsRevenge]

Its roads are dotted with the bodies of possums, raccoons, feral pigs, squirrels, birds and other animals ..

Wild pigs?

[blau993]

If you've never bee to Cape Canaveral, it's a little hard to picture, but the space complex is quite literally in the middle of a wildlife preserve. So yes, feral pigs would be a problem.

[Ben Mugged]

Florida has some of the biggest and meanest wild pigs you ever saw. And good eating too..... You try living in a swamp with millions of mosquitoes cottonmouth moccasins and alligators and you'll be pretty mean I'll bet.

[FReepaholic]

...Wild pigs?...

Yes and big too.

I worked out at KSC for 12 years and saw some big mommas.

I hit a big pig one morning and it lifted the car up as it rolled under the chassis.

[Fudd]

Yes, wild pigs. An aunt in Florida saw some immigrant hunters butcher one when the land next to her house was undeveloped.

[Vaquero]

Yes they are all over the country...mostly feral pigs...you know domestic stock gone wild. there are no true pigs in America. The closest is the Javelina (or Collard Peccary) which are close to the pig family, but no cigar.

True wild boar is represented by Russian Boar which has also been released for sport hunting in parts of the country. These have gotten free and have matted with the feral pigs....

after many generations in the wild the feral Boar will start to share some of the traits of true wild Russian Boar and will have a ridge of sharp bristly hairs on their back.

These are famous in song and story (and if the truth be known as sports team mascots), as RAZORBACKS.

The male pig or Boar has what is called a gristle plate that protects its back and shoulder and rib cage. Hunters with not so high power rifles and archers have had their shots deflected by this gristle and then have been charged by these ferocious animals whose tusks can inflict serious injury to man and beast.

[Sarajevo]

Did they ever hear of controlling the speed on the roadway?

[fso301]

Wild pigs?

In addition to the small stuff, there are lots of deer, feral hogs, alligators and even bear to contend with on the space center roads.