The Polynesians were great navigators. They brought pigs along as food and to help domesticate the area they colonized. Pigs are one of those animals that have been found just about every where man is. The word "boar" is also one of the words that is in common to many languages.
Just one of those bits of trivia I picked up as the son of a pig farmer!
73 posted on 08/23/2008 9:48:53 AM PDT by redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
Thanks for the explanation! My daughter is living on Oahu with her husband who is stationed there. Last week she mentioned that wild boars roam in that area.
75 posted on 08/23/2008 10:44:17 AM PDT by syriacus
(They often call me BARRY, but my real name is MISTER SCHMOOZE. [by B.O. + the Faddish Hacks])