Wild Boar Facts

Adult males are usually solitary outside of the breeding season, but females and their offspring live in groups called sounders. Wild boar are situationally crepuscular or nocturnal, foraging in early morning and late afternoon or at night, but resting for periods during both night and day. If surprised or cornered, a boar can and will defend itself and its young with intense vigor. The male lowers its head, charges, and then slashes upward with his tusks. The female, whose tusks are not visible, charges with her head up, mouth wide, and bites. Such attacks are not often fatal to humans, but may result in severe trauma, dismemberment, or blood loss.

Diet: They are omnivorous scavengers, eating almost anything they come across, including grass, nuts, berries, carrion, roots, tubers, refuse, insects and small reptiles. Wild boar in Australia are also known to be predators of young deer and lambs.

Distribution: Wild boar is a species of the pig that are native across much of Northern and Central Europe, the Mediterranean Region and much of Asia as far south as Indonesia.

Habitat: Broad-leaved woodland & wild grassland areas.

Khao Kheow Open Zoo one of the major attractions of Bangkok has many species of Wild Boar. If you are in Thailand for an adventure with your family, Khao Kheow Open Zoo is really worth visiting.