Talk:Razorback
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Someone really should add info on the movie :-) Bastie 00:59, 14 October 2005 (UTC)
-- And something on the Marvel superhero would be fun. If a character as lame as 'Night Thrasher' -- doesn't that make you go blind? -- can have his own voluminous entry, surely Razorback should too.
-- I don't think it's specially interesting the date when they were introduced in North America...
-- I am a lifelong fan of the University of Arkansas, but Texas A&M Kingsville, previously Texas A&I University, is the Javelina, so the statement that the University of Arkansas is the only "university or major sports team with a porcine mascot" is not completely accurate. Rhogskin 12:25, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
- Good catch. I edited it to say "one of the only" instead of just "only". (Cardsplayer4life 06:23, 27 July 2006 (UTC))
- but "one of the only" doesn't actually mean anything 193.63.239.165 16:00, 3 November 2006 (UTC)
-- I'd love to know where the name razorback came from. Is it their wiry hair? Is the hair sharp enough to cut like a razor? Do the tusks play some roll in the naming? Is there anything dangerous about this animal besides it's tusks? Just curious.
- I believe it has to do with either their spine or the hairs growing along the length of it being raised into a ridge along their back, sort of like a natural mohawk.--Beetfarm Louie 17:33, 19 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Size
I find it very hard to believe that a wild pig can be nine feet long and 1000 pounds. Karl Dickman talk 03:52, 14 December 2006 (UTC)
- That does sound implausible. I found this reference [1] on MSNBC that says 12 feet and 1000 lbs, but there is decidedly little evidence except for one photo. Another reference is this one [2] from about.com which mentions an 8 foot, 800 lb one, but again, little supporting evidence is available. I added these two references and changed the wording of the sentence to say "reportedly" to show some sort of ambiguity, but it still seems a bit fishy to me. (Cardsplayer4life 04:54, 14 December 2006 (UTC))
Speaking of Razorbacks, Fire NUTT!
[edit] cleanup
there is a lot of stuff in here that is uncited, and I don't know what's what. Can boars really fly through the air? Was the Hogzilla really a razorback? These are important questions
The line about Dimebag using the Dean Razorback guitar should be deleted. He designed it, but he was killed before they could deliver the final prototype to him. He never used it in concert or on any recordings.
el barto was here--124.181.140.1 (talk) 06:09, 8 December 2007 (UTC)
Not kowning anything about pigs when my wife and i were offered a pot belly piglet
thats what we thought we got well. Baken the pig came home and with lots of love and afection is now a grate faimaly pet he is aproximently 6 months old about 5 foot log and 175 bl he has moved out to the barn and has a vaery close friendship with a goat.jim. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.106.154.127 (talk) 15:46, 24 January 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Norse mythology?
Hello, in the last part of the intro, it talks about a mythological boar as being the possible origin of the name "razorback". I looked around and found an article on Gullinbursti, which is apparently a boar with a glowing mane... but the article mentions nothing about razor-sharp spines. In any case, the spelling is very different from "razorback" or the "glo-so" mentioned in this article. Does anybody know if this etymology is correct? --Kyoko 15:40, 6 June 2008 (UTC)
