A pair of warthogs make the fights while walking safari conducted in the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express
A pair of warthogs make the fights while walking safari conducted in the vicinity of Camp Eagle Island Camp by Orient Express , outside the Moremi Game Reserve in Botswana. Social behavior and reproduction of these warthogs . This species of wild boars are not territorial , but occupy an area of action. Warthogs live in groups called sounders. Females live in sounders with their young and with other females . Females tend to stay in their natal groups , while the men go , but stay within the home range . Subadult males associate in bachelor groups but leave alone when they become adults. Adult males only join sounders that have estrous females . Warthogs have two facial glands - tusk gland and sebaceous gland . Warthogs of both sexes begin mark around six to seven months of age. Males tend to mark more than women . The places that are indicated are for sleeping and feeding areas and springs. Warthogs use tusk marking for courtship , antagonistic behavior, and set the state . Warthogs are seasonal breeders . Rutting begins in the late dry or early rainy season and delivery begins near the start of the next rainy season.
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