![]() ![]() It was a mere 30 second clip – and by no means her first post of such damage – but it spread like wildfire.īy the time an incredulous Bisbee responded, the video had 1.4 million views. Hours earlier, Casey had posted a video to X (formerly known as Twitter) of the javelina’s latest dose of destruction. He feared the worst after seeing the message from the course’s assistant superintendent, Emily Casey, sat atop the missed call notifications: “Oh my god. Yet there has been some consolation to the chaos – viral fame.īisbee was locked in a board meeting on October 22 when his phone began buzzing incessantly in his pocket. The javelina have proven to be expensive guests at Seven Canyons. The club will have spent between $150,000 and $300,000 in labor costs by the time the javelinas back away, Bisbee estimates, with a further $50,000 to $75,000 spent on additional seed, turf growth blankets and other restorative equipment. December signals the beginning of the non-growing season, effectively meaning the course will be stuck in whatever condition it’s in until springtime.Īs falling temperatures push the worms deeper into the soil, edging them out of range of the javelina’s keen sense of smell, there is hope that Seven Canyons has endured the worst of the assault yet financial scars will endure. Then they vanishedĪs a result, not feeding the animals and keeping them out using fencing and walls are advized as ways to discourage their presence.īeyond fencing, so far staff have banded together to plug the gaps as they appear, but it could be a nervy few weeks ahead. Six bull sharks inadvertently made their home on an Australian golf course. ![]() ![]() With a white collar ringing gray-black fur, javelina typically grow three to four feet long and 19 inches tall, weighing in anywhere between 40 and 60 pounds, with a seven-and-a-half year average life span, according to the Arizona State Department of Game and Fish.Ĭommon to desert areas yet adaptable to a range of habitats, they have a predominantly herbivorous diet of cacti, bulbs and other plants but will also eat garbage, insects and – fatefully for Seven Canyons staff – worms.Ī bull shark swims close to the edge of a lake at Carbrook course in January 2012. Javelina, also known as collared peccary or musk hogs, are members of the peccary family, a mammal species that originated in South America before venturing north into Arizona and other Southwestern states of the US. “They can rototill some turf with those teeth … it is really disturbing when you see it.” For rather small creatures, they do a lot of damage. “There’s turf flying all over the place, there’s grunting, there’s fighting. “When you come upon them and see them, it’s like The Tasmanian devil,” Seven Canyons general manager Dave Bisbee told CNN. The perpetrators? Javelina, a pig-like creature with raking canine teeth whose capacity for chaos in the town of Sedona has seen them become a viral sensation. Sprawling mounds of ravaged turf blot the 7,000 -yard course like open wounds, soil and grass strewn in all directions across otherwise pristine fairways. ![]() Growling, clacking teeth, the rumble of hooves – as night falls at one of the United States’ most scenic golf clubs, sinister noises reverberate off the red-rock canyon walls.Īnd when the Arizona sunshine breaks over Seven Canyons in the morning, the destruction is revealed. ![]()
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