GROWING up in South Africa, author Lyall Watson owed his life to the sharp sense of smell of his pet warthog, Hoover. Seeing the little beast disappear down a convenient bolt-hole alerted him to the fact that he was walking straight into the path of a lion.
Years later, he has shown his gratitude by penning a testimonial to the many talents of the common warthog and its porcine kin – particularly the domestic pig, that docile offspring of the fierce Eurasian wild boar.
The familiarity gained through a 30,000-year association has made most humans indifferent to the many virtues of…
