Swimming With Pigs! (How'd they get here?)

Sailing the Bahamas we came across swimming pigs! On an Island with No Name! Who knew swimming with pigs would be so... dangerous? Do you know how they got here?

#swimmingpigs #sailing #bahamas

[MadMarv.]

Having encounters with boars In Germany I figured you had a death wish picking up a baby.

[jonathangodin]

Spanish sailors dropped them off and they did come back! Pigs breed very quickly and had no natural predators in the Bahamas which let them thrive! Several people actually made a living off of hunting and smoking the pigs to sell as provisions to passing ships! These people where called the Boucaniers

[DanielinLaTuna]

It ain’t no legend. Spanish explorers dropped off throughout their travels, knowing that they survive and thrive on the islands between the continent and their far-flung territories.
A more reliable source of fresh protein than eggs, fowl, or fish, if you could find them