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You know who simply loves Texas. Well, feral swine to be more specific. Oh, and pickup-truck drivers, of course. They also love Texas. Truckmakers can’t seem to agree on exactly what proportion of pickups sold is delivered in Texas, except to acknowledge that it’s a truck-load of ’em. Chevrolet estimates that one in six new full-size pickups is sold in Texas, while Ram reckons... Either way, those two big players, along with Ford, are so fond of Texas shoppers that each makes some variety of Texas-specific edition of its truck. According to a 2012 study by Texas A&M University, the feral hog population in the state is somewhere between 1. 8 million and 3. 4 million. These crafty omnivores are highly adaptable descendants of escaped domesticated pigs, of wild Eurasian boars, and of a hybrid of multiple sources of swine stock. sows begin breeding at six to eight months of age and have two litters of about four to eight piglets every 12 to 15 months. The country’s population of pickups has exploded during roughly the same 30-year time period as the wild pigs’ boom. But in contrast to the wild swine, this species has become more and more domesticated with each generation, to the point that the current litter of trucks has an almost minivan-like obsession with family-friendly doodads. That’s like some kind of New-York-City truck. Source: www.caranddriver.com
