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The trouble is that humans also introduced another species to Hawaii: pigs, which now run wild.
The pigs preceded the worms. They made an easy living in the Hawaiian woods, finding enough food on the ground that they did little rooting below the surface. Once the worms arrived, though, the pigs developed a taste for them and are now tearing up the remaining natural forest in search of worms. With the oinking and the screaming and the smell of bacon in the morning and the hey hey hey
(Tue Aug 29, 2000 - 11:13:53 am)