We sat this evening with the lights of our house and porch turned off so that we could watch the activity of our local lawnmowing squad: the neighborhood warthogs.Tonight we had seven warthogs, some adult, some young, chomping on the grass outside our house. Sometimes they prefer the grass by the pool, or behind the visitors' reception. Mostly they don't mind people much, unless you come too close. You can tell if they are comfortable with your presence by their stance: when they are relaxed, they lower themselves onto their frong "knees" like the warthog in this picture so that their mouths are at ground height, making grass chomping easier. Once they get spooked, they come up on all fours ready to run, and eye you warily.
I love their little tails that tend to stick straight up in the air when they run.
