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Wild boar piglets are born with open eyes

Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. Newborn striped wild boar piglet in a leafy nest, eyes open.

Wild boar piglet in a wildlife park in the Netherlands. Original page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Sus_scrofa_piglet.jpg. Photo by Sander van der Wel, 12 May 2010; CC BY-SA 2.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/. Required credit: “Sander van der Wel, CC BY-SA 2.0.” Original 3,539 × 2,360 JPEG; no edits.

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service photo of a wild boar sow with her young. Original page: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wild_boar_female_with_her_young_sus_scrofa.jpg. Photographer credited as Hillebrand Steve, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; public domain as a U.S. federal government work. Credit: “Hillebrand Steve / U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service” and source page https://www.public-domain-image.com/public-domain-images-pictures-free-stock-photos/fauna-animals-public-domain-images-pictures/pigs-public-domain-images-pictures/wild-boar-female-with-her-young-sus-scrofa.jpg. Original 3,504 × 2,336 JPEG; no edits.

AI-generated macro view of a striped newborn wild boar piglet with both eyes open.

AI-generated scene of a sow beside striped newborn piglets tucked into a leafy nest.

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Титульна AI-згенерована ілюстрація / AI-generated cover illustration. Newborn striped wild boar piglet in a leafy nest, eyes open.

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Wild boar piglets are born with their eyes open. This is one sign that the species is partly precocial, but open eyes do not mean newborns can live independently: for their first days, they stay hidden in a nest made by their mother.