Derek and Teresa's Desert WanderingsThat had us on edge - but things got much worse. A little while later I was inside on the computer with Derek and the cats hanging around outside. Suddenly Derek told me that a Javelina was coming into the site. If you don't know what Javelinas are let me tell you - furry wild pigs with big teeth. We have been warned of them and told that they will eat our animals. However, up to now we have never seen any out in the day so of course we keep the cats in at night. Well, suddenly about 20 were coming into our site. Our cats at first just stood there and stared, but once Derek and I started freaking out and yelling at them they started running in every direction. I grabbed Bailey and threw him in the RV. One Javelina ran after Tuk Tuk who headed way off - Javelinas have not fear of humans - they can't see but can smell really well. Once the Javelinas moved off a bit we were able to get the cats inside. However we had to go and try to find Tuk Tuk. I was really worried but he finally came back to the road where Derek was looking for him! So - now the cats are RV bound and Keda comes with us everywhere in the truck. So - it all turned out fine but we had a real scare! Unfortunately the Javelinas now have the smell of our animals and so kept coming into our site for the rest of the night. We finally put Keda in the back of the truck. We found out from the Park staff that the Javelina is only related to the Hippopotamus.
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