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a tank in a pig costume that runs at speeds outpacing your average jogger.
means A wild African pig with a large head, curved tusks, and warty growths on its face, known for kneeling to graze and bolting tail-up when startled.
from A plain English compound: "wart" (the bumpy growths the animal sports on its face) plus "hog" (an old word for pig, going back to Old English). Settlers and naturalists in Africa simply named the beast for its most striking feature — those fleshy facial warts — yoked to the obvious fact that it was, unmistakably, a hog.
- reverse parking
- Backs into burrows to face threats with tusks
- top speed
- Sprints up to 30 miles per hour
- kneeling diner
- Grazes on calloused front knees
- odd tenant
- Lets mongooses pick its parasites clean
for instance
phacochoerus africanus — common warthog species across sub-saharan africa, weighs 50-150 kg
phacochoerus aeliani — desert warthog found in somalia and ethiopia, smallest species at 40-65 kg