Feral Pigs Are Destroying Peyote Habitat

[@spingebill8551]

Feral pigs are a big problem. Feral pigs aided by the guidance of their ancestors via peyote trip is an even bigger problem.

[@441rider]

Well said, LOL!

[@idget5]

Animal Farm!

[@thearaucariafarmer556]

I hope they learn to speak English and advocate for themselves

[@EvanSaltare]

Stoned hog theory. This is how animal farm is gonna start.

[@mr.giggles4995]

😅 that was my first thought! this is why they're getting smarter.

[@kimjameson7979]

Mmmm...bacon.

[@GH4O4S4T]

They're evolving

[@idget5]

I logged in just for this comment! You beat me to it! They are going to evolve!

[@SamEvans-at-sc_evans]

Too dry to support that evolutionary theory. Maybe if we renamed the Gulf, though..... 🙃

[@BonnieMCarter]

I'm sure if you reached out to some of the Texas hunting channels, they would jump at the opportunity to get rid of your hogs.

[@Doom2pro]

I smell a colab...

[@xPumaFangx]

I am thinking now. Not only could it be a collab. But you also have the opportunity to feed hungry families.

[@Doom2pro]

@@xPumaFangx if I could afford to get some of that wild pork where I live id pitch in lol I want me some pork chops!!!

[@Xosidhe]

@Doom2pro Peyote-fed pork

[@PredictableEnigma]

​@@xPumaFangx while that would be lovely, you can't sell or donate meat that hasn't been slaughtered in an FDA approved facility. Hunters eat at thier own risk.

[@saltator8565]

Thanks for highlighting the damage caused by feral hogs that isn't centered on agriculture. Their impact on natural ecosystems is a much greater threat, that is not being studied enough imo.

[@88miketube]

Good luck getting this project rolling quickly and taking care of the hogs. Dropped a donation in the venmo hope it helps!

[@oligoyoutube]

100% you should be able to put a feeler put to some if the texas based hunting youtubers and could help with your feral hog problem while also raising money on their platforms for the thornscrub sanctuary.

[@RadicalLinguisticDescriptivism]

In the short term get a water trough and a corn feeder going... that will help reduce water and food pressure on the cacti. It will also start training the pigs to come in for food and water to a specific location...

[@LexYeen]

There's that human ingenuity.

[@theodorekorehonen]

"Two legs better" after all!

[@mistaecco]

Donated what I could afford - best of luck getting them under control.

[@heavymetalpermaculture]

My neighbor's loose pigs wreaked havoc on my farm...you should see what they'll do to greenhouses and their contents.

[@toejamr1]

9:57 there’s a lot of sound still. Just not breaking the sound barrier type sound. You can 100% hear a suppressed shot from quite far off.

[@wx_stick93]

Joey is right about how warm the nights are in Deep South Texas. Across portions of West Texas, 60s and 70s are the normal lows during the summer and only during the hottest stretches does the low stay above 80F. Routinely, it will be above 80F in the area where Thornscrub is located. People, and plants that are not adapted, to such warm nights can struggle to survive. Bouts of humidity can also make it very tough to cool off.

[@Couchintheclouds]

I can’t imagine a feral pig on peyote. I mean they are generally pretty disagreeable to begin with.

[@ryangonzalez3225]

Makes you wonder, a friend of mine had a dog who was used for breeding and kinda mean. One day the dog got into his LSD laced candy and when she came to was a lot nicer and back to her pre-breeding days...

[@goodun2974]

​@@ryangonzalez3225, In my experience, hallucinogenics generally make people less aggressive and more mellow, unless you're a combative type person by nature, such as, let's say, Hunter S Thompson!

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

I can imagine boars on LSD. I've spent a while on a tree several times tripping in the woods because i came across a herd of them

[@awildapproach]

Keep doing what you do! We appreciate you!

[@kso808]

I guess I could make the same case for deer and chipmunk damage here to NC habitat, in my own garden. The deer/deer predator ratio is severely out of kilter around here, mostly due to overbuilding because of human population influx.

[@elliotrobison6614]

If y'all aren't on the Patreon, I highly recommend it. There's pretty enjoyable content on there!

[@hosermandeusl2468]

Feral pigs get BIG! Be careful dude!

[@colesimonson8692]

I feel this, to a lesser degree. In my slice of the upper Midwest with overabundant whitetails they’re nailing any native plant I put in the ground

[@goodun2974]

In New England, the deer will even eat hemlocks, both wild and ornamental, if food is scarce.

[@colesimonson8692]

@ red pine are their last ditch starvation food here after they’ve eaten all of the adolescent white pine and balsam fir

[@jackday420]

This place definitely needs to be protected!

[@Super-Dave-Outdoors]

Doesn't the gossypol in cottonseed reduce pig fertility? I kinda remember reading something about that. If it does, then feeding cotton seed meal may reduce the reproductive success of the feral pigs.

[@Purodegeneracion]

I thought you were referring to the police

[@jasonh.3006]

Nice to see the channel flourishing

[@dontwatch1227]

Omg that's F'd! Welcome to the front lines. Maybe demolition ranch would like to have a feral feast special.

[@DJK4Love]

Thats sad man!! Luckilly theres guys like yourself out there doing everything they can to protect. Sadly I cannot contribute financially but u bet ur ass ill be liking and commenting and sharing like crazy

[@henrywolf5332]

Put me in the chopper :credence Clearwater plays:

[@teresashinkansen9402]

Amazing how quick people offer themselves and donate when is about ☠creatures. I mean sure is to rescue the cacti And I don't really oppose to it, but I find it quite abominable so much people seemingly enjoy such kind of stuff.

[@henrywolf5332]

@teresashinkansen9402 Son, we aint got time for this jabbering, Charlie’s in the bushes eating peyote.

[@philippolacek3475]

If jaguars were wandering around, would they take care of the pigs?

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Yes but the pigs reproduce as fast as rats

[@deatherutts]

​@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesntBut predators scare prey or fear breeding as much would help as predators population grew

[@teresashinkansen9402]

@@deatherutts But then the apes will come to delete the predators because they are scary and get their livestock from time to time.

[@camperlab6546]

Tony, with 400k subscribers, you have clout. There are probably ten KZbinrs that would love to come over and get the Sus scrofa.

[@ToridoodlesAnderson]

Make believe

[@justmejo9008]

The best part of this is a real good human teaching his children through experience and hands on training.. gawd I thought I loved you but this is going to make me love you more.

[@Harveywhite209]

Welcome to the joys of land management!

[@kraphtymac]

1. Who is “we”? 2. Have you considered thorn scrub tees or hats for certain donation levels?

[@SteveAumann]

This is another excellent video 👍👍I am so glad you share your knowledge about the environment.

[@gergc36]

Pigs are probably chillin in the 5th dimension during the day after devouring that much peyote all night.

[@planetzebulon21]

Feral pig recipes?

[@helenpatterson3858]

My granddaughter and her man live near San Angelo, and they made some smoked sausage, grinding feral pig with venison and beef tallow this year. She recently graduated from San Angelo State University with a bachelors in animal sciences.

[@toejamr1]

I wonder what a pig made of peyote tastes like?

[@HumanFellaPerson]

Pigs and humans...

[@lachlannae]

How old is your kid? That voice is so sweet!! Sorry about the terrible pig damage.

[@gloriacardenas2056]

Y como se llama tu compañero canino??? qué bueno acompañante es me encanta.

[@RubikRocksMinecraft]

Love seeing you to help rescue this habitat. I’ve not finished watching, but how has the weather recently been contributing to this area along side the feral pigs?

[@Icebikerwife53]

I planted native shrubs on my property and the deer are chewing the unfenced ones to the ground. I started feeding them corn and seeds to try drawing them off the shrubbery. There are many of the same plants growing in the woods that the deer stay in during the day. But they wait until night and come to my yard for dinner.

[@MrPedur]

Are the pigs affected by mescaline?

[@kathleenchristian8020]

Do the indigenous people have rights to the peyote? Could they help you all protect the extant peyote plants you all have there? Just a suggestion...

[@paulchristopherriley7503]

Have the rain fall amount changed from 1974 and now so that I should plant other native species than the ones I learned about back then?

[@shadowraygun4000]

13:27 these videos are my daily meditation tapes

[@violet969]

any ways for overseas peeps to donate?

[@Shakespearept]

Awesome conservation project!

[@paulchristopherriley7503]

So living in Dallas TX with

[@paulchristopherriley7503]

Please suggest a species list for my Garland TX south facing front yard as I transition from typical sod to more drought tolerant?

[@austinperdue5625]

So happy to see that you got your property, and look forward to seeing your progress on it. The planet thanks you for your presence. Haha.

[@cdawg3551]

Are the pigs getting high from the peyote? 🐷

[@giberic]

If they're eating it, they're definitely tripping from it

[@misseclipse7415]

@@giberic why? seems unlikely to have the same neuro affinity

[@HP-fn4bo]

Looks like they’re mostly eating the tuber.

[@musicmatters4357]

Haven't watched yet, but I will later. Yeah, pigs ruin everything. The Emerald Triangle had major pig problems back in the day

[@spirahsass]

Humans are the reason the pigs are there to begin with!

[@chasefreeman2188]

What are you using for collecting, cataloging, managing, and sharing data/research?

[@noelbreitenbach8673]

Is it unethical or complicated to start reintroducing peyote and cover plants from cultivation to these areas as you also trap the hogs?

[@LordLegato]

Is this in New Mexico? Are you allowed to hunt them?

[@michaelkmiec5842]

He said Texas and no you can’t

[@sharonrwilson2727]

​@@michaelkmiec5842 Thanks

[@LordLegato]

@@michaelkmiec5842 I thought you could hunt hogs in Texas.

[@wheelbite9]

​@michaelkmiec5842 what if you leave a small child with the peyote and 30-50 feral hogs show up?

[@Yixdy]

You can take them at any time while on private property, and in Texas like 90% of the land is private property so

[@marymactavish]

If you fenced it to keep out the pigs, would you be keeping out other important wildlife?

[@thealternative9580]

Hard to believe they’re eating the peyote. That’s nuts.

[@CBroPhotography]

Makes me think of a Cypress Hill song. "Pigs trying to snatch my crops" Hope it gets figured out man.

[@LexYeen]

Reach out to some gun youtubers once you've got 'em trained to feeding/water stations. I'm sure some of those good ol' boys would love to help you out.

[@alexanderleuchte5132]

That thumbnail is brutal. Good luck

[@cabbage0dusk]

Could you accept PayPal or JustGiving Accounts?

[@justmejo9008]

What’s the best alternative to donate from Canada

[@objective_psychology]

Somehow I never learned about cyanobacterial soil crusts! The closest thing I knew of was Nostoc.

[@mattclark7724]

Texas bbq pig fundraiser?

[@goodun2974]

I am reminded of the 1967 Summer of Love party-game : "button, button, who's got the button"?

[@IvanIvanoIvanovich]

Best of luck with the hogs this year. They were a huge problem when I lived in North Texas (Western Cross Timbers).

[@Jewsus_Crisco]

Yeah man if you'd like to do an interview or something beforehand to vet me, I'd be down to camp out for a week or two.

[@mikem4432]

Its Texas, you should be carry a side arm for protection.

[@SouthwestOhioNatives]

You should promote your podcast in the videos a little more. I’ve been listening for months now, but I never knew about it before.

[@edwardhaglin2322]

Fencing the patches?

[@dustinfisher29]

Use a water hole as bait in a coral

[@bugz000]

i think a collab with ultimate night vision is in order.

[@anotherluckydad]

Bacon 🥓 is still a thing. Right?

[@LuneyToonz-lk2de]

I was kinda thinking of using some type of cage thing, like 1 inch wide fence stuff.

[@DH-.]

How do you feel about Geoff Lawton? Is he full of bologna?... Hes a plant dude with a different accent that works of making self sustainable food gardens in desserts and stuff

[@hase.von.b]

so many genera in common with arid Chaco, es notable.

[@The_Savage_Wombat]

So is the bacon going to give me hallucinations?

[@smooij3199]

I wonder what they see when they trip. I think humans learned of psychedelic plants by watching animals.

[@chrisgoldbach4450]

Cant stand invasive species. Feral cats are getting on my nerves with the birds and fox food. Same with European starlings. Dont get me started on the plants. Luckily no pig.

[@My-Pal-Hal]

Feral is kinda a perspective thing don't ya think. Just like the Feral Humans that steal cars and trucks, and ram them into Weed Stores. I think the pigs are getting a bad rap. Because they sure are better at Bacon than the feral humans 😂 😋

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Not really no

The point is that those particular pigs are not native to that habitat, and because they root around in the ground for their nutrition, they cause damage that those plants are not adapted to. If left unchecked you'll end up with barren desert totally devoid of any biodiversity. By contrast there are woodlands in the UK where conservationists have deliberately reintroduced wild boar, because that same rooting activity is beneficial to that habitat. If you're interested in genuine feral humans check out the story of a British woman called Marina Chapman, who survived in the jungles of Columbia by hanging out with a troupe of vervet monkeys.

[@My-Pal-Hal]

@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt It was an example between animals and ferals. One doing what it does as a natural creature, but deemed feral. The other as car stealing dope fiends, destroying people's properties and businesses, presumably deemed domesticated. Yeah, I think it was a pretty good perspective. Plus one goes better on a burger 😋

[@krishna34674]

PayPal ?

[@johnnynephrite6147]

Yo Tony, way to go.

[@K5WEO_WRJZ673]

I understand its bacon season down in Texas.

[@autumndavis1912]

This place gonna have a good bathroom?

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Definitely but we're a long way off right now since we don't even have a well or electricity. I think a premium vault toilet is the most we can hope for at this moment

[@veteranscannabisadvocacygr5401]

✨CPBD has graduated to Stewardship of Land Conservation 👍CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 will put the word out for support$ ☑️

[@allonesame6467]

Bacon: My Favorite Perfume!

[@justmejo9008]

Would those fake gun shot machines they use in berry picking farms and on top of malls for nuisance birds possibly work in the area as a cheap alternative at the start of your project 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@anthroplant7879]

Ah shit. Soon the pigs are gonna start reading marx. Actually- maybe let em.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

They've got pretty strong metabolism as I bet they don't even feel anything from it. They're just vacuum cleaners with stomachs that can digest anything

[@anthroplant7879]

@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt I hope the facetious-ness wasn't missed over text lol Feral hogs are a massive issue and im glad you're spreading awareness about them.

[@patmayer7222]

Bacon,that gets you wasted,....😮😮❤

[@wild-radio7373]

😢oh man💔

[@aarondingus3548]

Would love to see a 1 million dollar donation from Mark Zuckerberg! I know he's got "more important things" to spend 7 figures on but the algorithm loves topical comments 🤷🏻

[@deatherutts]

Get some predators hell jaguars and wolves and mountain lions use to be there

[@teresashinkansen9402]

There is a reason why the predators are scarce. That same reason will keep them from existing in plentiful numbers.

[@deatherutts]

@teresashinkansen9402 Man

[@M3talhead2]

You should make some bacon

[@trytorelax3749]

Have you considered building an earthship for the facility you want? It could be a relatively cheap and sustainable way to get that building up.

[@geffcassuto]

bbq!

[@Franklyhesaid]

Yo brother, asking for a friend, where's da peyote at ... for the party ... Seriously now. Similar to other toxic or hallucination inducing plants, would it serve as a defense mechanism for animals ?

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

The alkaloids are a deterrent to herbivory, and alkaloids of any kind taste very bitter. That's why they work at keeping herbivores at bay. But Peyote and the other cacti here did not evolve with pigs, and pigs have robust metabolisms. They are hooved vacuum cleaners.

[@teresashinkansen9402]

I can say with confidence that if this rescue operation didn't involved 💀 a creature far less enthusiastic volunteers and donations would be received. Really sumps up the ape mentality that created this situation in the first place.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

Nature is metal. At least half the time. The other time it's based on cooperation. But killing shit to maintain balance is undeniably a part of ecology

[@teresashinkansen9402]

@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt I don't deny that, I just find kinda disturbing the amount of humans who enjoy the act of 💀animals. I don't oppose to controlling the hogs in such way. But im sure that if you asked for support in some other different project the response would been different and not as enthusiastic.

[@grannyplants1764]

How wonderful it must be Joey to walk land you know you’ll never be hassled for being on! 😊 I’m so happy I could donate last year, your plans sound amazing. More to come soon 💰I love the idea of having all kinds of scientists look at not only the plants but the soil, ecology, minerals etc. Lichens are fascinating…🌿🐍🪨🐚