Ranchers in Northern California have killed a wild boar. When they were carving up the carcass, the last thing they expected to see was luminescent blue fat!
The couple, who live on a ranch near the town of Morgan Hill, saw a wild boar running in the bushes. They decided to shoot him and butcher the carcass. First, they drained the blood, then tied the carcass to an all-terrain vehicle and took it home.
When they cut the hide of the wild boar, they saw, to their indescribable surprise, the fat of a blue luminescent color. Their relative, a user under the nickname GlendilTEK, posted a photo of the boar on the Imgur network, writing:
“My family at the Morgan Hill ranch shot a wild pig. They thought it was a normal pig until they started butchering the carcass."
According to the initial report, the wild pig was normal in all other respects, including meat and blood. Only the fat was and remained blue. The couple had eaten wild boar meat before, but this was the first time they encountered such a case. They have no idea why the fat in all parts of the animal's body was blue.
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GlendilTEK asked on the Internet, does anyone know why the fat is blue? And can the meat of this wild boar be eaten? He said that samples of fat and meat were sent to the University of California for testing.
Most netizens believe that either the wild boar ate chemicals containing blue dye, or it is a genetic defect. It is likely that the animal ate the bait that contained the anticoagulant rodenticide (AR), which sometimes contains blue dye.
The University of California published an article titled "Anticoagulants," which states that wildlife in California is exposed to chemicals, including AR.
“Rarely, but some AR baits contain a dye that causes a noticeable discoloration of fat and tissue in animals,” the article writes.
There is another photograph that shows the blue fat of another wild boar.
In the comments, netizens advised hunters not to eat the meat of this wild boar, since anticoagulants are extremely toxic.
The article states: “Anticoagulants cause capillary rupture. The blue fat in the squirrel's abdominal cavity caused severe internal bleeding in the animal, and it died."