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golf is so fucking stupid
Golf courses in the middle of the desert are even more stupid.
Hot take: It's not a sport! If a morbidly obese 80 year old can do it, it's not a sport...
If golf is a sport then so is miniature golf.
I mean, a morbidly obese octogenarian could pay rugby... Once... Briefly...
And all mushrooms are edible...
Good, I hope they tear it all up. Golf course use an insane amount of water, even when they're located in the desert or a place where droughts are common.
So.... I have an idea.
Maybe, if they're a problem everywhere else, people should just trap them and.... release them on the golf course.
At our golf course they actually embrace the animals. Everyone is just stop playing if there's a possibility of hitting a deer, the pig holes are just additional bunkers, they closed a hole because of many nesting birds. If you wanna play in nature, you're just a guest.
When they say "wild pig-like animals" I immediately imagine some sort of gang of never before seen tribal pigmen.
ManBearPig. It is half man, half bear, and half pig.
I live in the general area, and yes, javelinas are a constant problem for everyone. Most peoples' yards are fenced off for that very reason.
If you're wondering what a javelina is, it's what the rest of the world calls a peccary. It looks like a wild boar. Also, don't try to get bacon bits off of it; they've got a scent gland that instantly destroys the flavor of the meat if it's pierced. (Even if the scent gland is left intact, it's a toss up as to whether you'd be able to stomach that meat.)
It’s like an anti-theft ink tag. 😂
Stank tag.
The culinary portion of this comment seems seasoned with experience and regret.
Nah, just research. "They're pigs, right? Why don't people just cook them and eat them?" A few Google searches made the answer abundantly clear. (Also, javelinas just plain stink. It's a skunk-like odor, and who'd want to eat whatever is making that smell?)
In a desert state like Arizona, a golf course is an abomination from the word go. Let nature have their way with it: They provided a wet paradise in the desert, and the animals come to make use of it.
#TeamJavelina
Javelinas... narrow pigs I call em. (They're Peccaries).
Not surprised they're encroaching golf courses. They were all over the desert suburbs years ago.
I thought javelinas were pigs you could throw
You can if you're brave enough. Just watch out for the stink nipple.
The spicy tooth
Piss on your local golf course today!
that's really unfortunate. if only the private country clubs could afford to repair the golf greens in the desert.
Can confirm: Am delighted.
Back in my day you'd be lucky to see a javelina. Now you just want to kill em. Must be fuckin' nice!
We ought to leave this world behind
If my wife were here, she'd tell you that there's a special place in heaven for animal lovers.
I read that as wild pug-like animals at first. Sounded cute.
"Wild pig-like animals"
Soooooo.... Hogs?
"javelinas"
Oh. No. searches but boy do they sure look like it.
If only those poor desperate club members had ar-15s with 30-round magazines, then they could stop all these feral hogs from killing their ~~children~~ putting green!
Javelinas are native, unlike feral hogs. https://www.nps.gov/bibe/learn/nature/javelina.htm
Javelina hides were shipped east and to Europe for gloves and hairbrushes in the late 1800's and early 1900's.
javelina have been considered a sporting game animal in Texas
Seems like there might be some cross-over options here. Come for a round of 18, pull out the 5.56 iron for dinner and a souvenir set of club covers.
Joking aside, maybe don't put massive fields of greenery in a water stressed environment. Local herbivores might just show up and eat said greenery.
Based on their choice of words, I was honestly hoping for a cryptid. Like these..
