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The Hellacious Lives of the "Hell Pigs" | Eons

Despite the name, we don’t know where the so-called “hell pigs” belong in the mammalian family tree.

They walked on hooves, like pigs do, but had longer legs, almost like deer. They had hunched backs, a bit like rhinos or bison. But as is often, if not always, the case, there is some evolutionary method to this anatomical madness.