Radioactive Boars

March 10th, 2017, 05:48

For pity's sake, don't tell Piranha Bytes about this story!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/w…=msft_msn&_r=0

I remember getting killed by boars in Risen, Gothic 2, and Gothic 3. PB boars are deadly enough as is!

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March 10th, 2017, 05:54

Originally Posted by Zloth
For pity's sake, don't tell Piranha Bytes about this story!
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/09/w…=msft_msn&_r=0

I remember getting killed by boars in Risen, Gothic 2, and Gothic 3. PB boars are deadly enough as is!

Here's a picture of the radioactive boars they're dealing with:

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March 10th, 2017, 08:57

Meanwhile, in the U.S. they are causing $1.5 billion in damages every year.

http://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/…rack-wild-pigs

EDIT: Ehh… the non-radioactive type.

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March 13th, 2017, 21:44

Originally Posted by Korplem
EDIT: Ehh… the non-radioactive type.

Maybe. The article does say there's an unexplained population explosion. Perhaps some low-grade radiation caused some mutations??

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