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This was on the front page of today's Charlotte Observer. I have nominated it for the worst paragraph of the year.
"These hogs, also called wild boar, are said to descend from Russia's Ural Mountains. They were brought to these mountains (western NC) to be hunted. Black and bristly, their tusks curve out of long snounts, tiny eyes warily squinting under a thick lump of shoulder muscle."
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