{"id":583514,"date":"2021-03-17T14:24:28","date_gmt":"2021-03-17T18:24:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/?p=583514"},"modified":"2025-06-13T14:17:47","modified_gmt":"2025-06-13T18:17:47","slug":"podcast-wild-pigs-spiky-lizards-and-a-duckling-in-distress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/all\/podcast-wild-pigs-spiky-lizards-and-a-duckling-in-distress\/","title":{"rendered":"Podcast: Wild Pigs, Spiky Lizards and a Duckling in Distress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hey Earth Rangers! When you hear the word \u2018pig\u2019 what comes to mind is probably the cute little pink, brown or black-and-white piggies you\u2019d find on a farm, right? Wild pigs are anything but cute, little piggies. They can be big, strong and not exactly friendly\u2026 In today\u2019s episode Emma will tell you all about them! She also joins the Toronto Wildlife Centre for a ride in their rescue van and hears about a complex rescue operation of a very unlucky baby ducky (spoiler alert: they totally saved him!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <strong>Click the play button on the player below to listen&nbsp;to&nbsp;today&#8217;s&nbsp;episode! <\/strong> <br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"200\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/playlist.megaphone.fm\/?e=EDEUA6072262976\" width=\"100%\"><\/iframe><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Although wild pigs&nbsp;can be dangerous, and they&nbsp;are considered an invasive species in Canada, we have to admit that the piglets are incredibly cute: <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"221\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/babyPigsNEW.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583496\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/babyPigsNEW.png 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/babyPigsNEW-300x66.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/babyPigsNEW-768x170.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/babyPigsNEW-696x154.png 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Winter is not a problem for the Canadian wild pigs! They have a thick, bristly coat that protects them. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"998\" height=\"601\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-874066818forWeb.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-874066818forWeb.jpg 998w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-874066818forWeb-300x181.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-874066818forWeb-768x462.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-874066818forWeb-696x419.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/GettyImages-874066818forWeb-697x420.jpg 697w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 998px) 100vw, 998px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Next: Join Emma on an exciting ride-along with the Toronto Wildlife Center and find out how the animal rescue teams saved a duckling in distress. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sewer-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583499\" width=\"500\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sewer-1.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sewer-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sewer-1-768x485.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sewer-1-696x439.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/sewer-1-666x420.jpg 666w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You can learn more about the Toronto Wildlife Centre and the great work that they do <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontowildlifecentre.com\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/juniorWildlifeReprotersLogo.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583073\" width=\"600\" height=\"401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/juniorWildlifeReprotersLogo.png 800w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/juniorWildlifeReprotersLogo-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/juniorWildlifeReprotersLogo-768x513.png 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/juniorWildlifeReprotersLogo-696x465.png 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/juniorWildlifeReprotersLogo-629x420.png 629w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Today in our first Junior Wildlife Reporter segment, Earth Ranger Dominic tells us about African spiny-tailed lizards \u2013 did you know it uses its tail for defense? <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinyTail.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-583500\" width=\"502\" height=\"316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinyTail.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinyTail-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinyTail-768x484.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinyTail-696x439.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/spinyTail-667x420.jpg 667w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 502px) 100vw, 502px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Want to become a wildlife reporter yourself? Quick reminder: In this brand-new contest we are asking you to send in your own report about your favourite animals, a super interesting species, some obscure  animal fact that you learned about, or even about interesting conservation work that is happening in your neighborhood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Send us a voice recording by clicking on the leave us a message button below.   <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>We want to hear from you! Send us your Wildlife Report and it could be featured on the podcast!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">You can send in a voice message by pressing the green button or use the voice recorder on a smart phone and ask your parents to email it to <a href=\"mailto:podcast@earthrangers.com\">podcast@earthrangers.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper td_block_wrap vc_raw_html tdi_2 \"><div class=\"td-fix-index\"><div align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/leave-us-a-message\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-50049\" src=\"\/public\/content\/wildwire\/Save-A-Message.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"77\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Save-A-Message.jpg 270w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Save-A-Message-265x88.jpg 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 236px) 100vw, 236px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Have you ever seen wild pigs? Have you encountered an animal in need?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Share your thoughts in the comments below! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-heading\" id=\"mce_3\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/podcast\/subscribe-now\/\">Subscribe to the podcast<\/a> so you don&#8217;t miss an episode!<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/wildwire\/podcast\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"389\" height=\"98\" src=\"\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Earth-Rangers-Podcast-Button.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-50657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Earth-Rangers-Podcast-Button.png 389w, https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-content\/uploads\/Earth-Rangers-Podcast-Button-300x76.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 389px) 100vw, 389px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hey Earth Rangers! When you hear the word \u2018pig\u2019 what comes to mind is probably the cute little pink, brown or black-and-white piggies you\u2019d find on a farm, right? Wild pigs are anything but cute, little piggies. They can be big, strong and not exactly friendly\u2026 In today\u2019s episode Emma will tell you all about [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":583507,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1187,931],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-583514","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-podcast","8":"category-all"},"pp_force_visibility":null,"pp_subpost_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_force_visibility":null,"pp_inherited_subpost_visibility":null,"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=583514"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583514\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":609248,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583514\/revisions\/609248"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/583507"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=583514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=583514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.earthrangers.com\/EN\/CA\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=583514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}