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In all likelihood, the stats are referring to wild boars and feral pigs, which can be extremely aggressive and have been know to attack and gore humans from time to time.

Here's a normal pig that attacked a number of people: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-410319/Nurse-savaged...

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Yes, from time to time. But I'd bet you any sum of money that there are less than 40 such fatal attacks per year in the US and Canada. And I say this as someone who hunts wild boars, and currently has 2 wild boar hams soaking in brine in preparation for a Christmas dinner.

And what do you mean "in all likelihood"? Do you mean that you have some evidence that there are more wild boar attacks per year in the US and Canada than there are shark attacks worldwide? Or do you mean that the concept is kind of cool despite being entirely without evidence?

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