Wild boars

"Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; thou didst drive out the nations and plant it. ... Why then hast thou broken down its walls, so that all who pass along the way pluck its fruit? The boar from the forest ravages it, and all that move in the field feed on it."

"He slew That cruel boare, whose tusks turn'd up whole fields of grain, And rooting, raisèd hills upon the level plaine."

"Wild boars are usually notoriously wary of humans, for good reason, having been hunted almost to extinction in some parts of the world and despised and feared just about everywhere else."

"A cane non magno sæpe tenetur aper."

"His snout digs sepulchres where'er he goes; Being mov'd, he strikes whate'er is in his way, And whom he strikes his cruel tushes slay."

"But this foul, grim, urchin-snouted boar..."

"To fly the boar before the boar pursues Were to incense the boar to follow us, And make pursuit where he did mean no chase."

"General Howe turned out some German wild boars and sows in his forests, to the great terror of the neighbourhood ... but the country rose upon them and destroyed them."