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- Once feral hogs move into a community, the effects of these invaders can be devastating. Pigs are omnivores, meaning they can eat a wide variety of roots, leaves, stems, grubs, insects, small birds, carrion, and even feces.
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- Pigs destruction of vegetation can cause alterations in fire frequency, erosion, soil disturbance and succession, and disease spread. Overall, most of these consequences are destructive to native species survival.
- Hogs have also been known to eat baby sea turtles on the coast of Georgia, with some areas losing up to 80% of nest populations.