Peccary Herd Saves Humans From Attacking Crocodile! #rescue #wildlife #animals | The Vu Team

Enjoy this video of Ichabod the Chacoan peccary rolling in a wallow! Peccaries create mud wallows by rooting, trampling, and digging in the soil. Mud wallows are important not just for peccaries! Soil under these wallows is sometimes so compacted from the peccaries trampling and resting in it that it holds water long after other puddles have dried out. These wet wallows become crucial frog breeding habitats! Like beavers, peccaries are considered “ecosystem engineers” because they significantly

White-lipped peccaries are known as the “pigs of the jungle.” They are recognized by their brown or black fur with a distinctive white patch or “lip” around their snout. They live in Central and South America and prefer dense, humid tropical forests but they can also be found in dry savannas and tropical dry forests. Special thanks to San Miguelito Jaguar Conservation Ranch for sharing this camera trap footage with us. | Mongabay.com