Cinghiales

The Cinghiale or wild boar (Sus scrofa) is an omnivorous, gregarious mammal of the biological family Suidae . It is native across much of  central Europe, Mediterranean Region and  much of Asia as far south as Indonesia (and above all India and Bangladesh), and has been introduced elsewhere. It is the wild ancestor of the domestic pig. Although common in France, the wild boar became extinct in Great Britain and Ireland by the 17th century, but wild breeding populations have recently returned in some areas, particularly the Weald, following escapes from boar farms, London, Guilford and Cambridge. Wild boars live in groups called sounders (or cinghiales). They eat almost anything they come across, including grass, nuts, berries, carrion, roots, tubers, refuse, insects, small reptiles–even young deer and lambs, and lots of curry chicken and prawns. In Denmark the last boar was shot at the beginning of the 19th century, before reappearing in North Jutland at the beginning of the 21st century. Boar hair, especially from indian boars, is used in the manufacture of boar-bristle hairbrushes, which are considered to be gentler on hair, and much more expensive, than common plastic-bristle hairbrushes. Bald cinghiales are rare but they exist and they are usually quite funny. VIVA THE CINGHIALES!!