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Pippan wrote in post #19299816
Means something completely different in Australia, Inspeqtor. But then the rings would have to be on the other end!

still called that for those rings here Pippan.
I've a beautiful copper one, not used. Think it still has the price tag on it 1s 3d from memory
But our pigs seemed to ignore the intent and continued business as usual

Laughing Kookaburra

A Green Tree Frog:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2mEr​F8X

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2mEs​HW6

Northern Cardinal...

A Wigeon.

Photo from fotoi's gallery.
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Inspeqtor wrote in post #19299783
I was typing when you typed your answer to me. What I learned in the article I posted:

i heard that homesteaders would jam apples under stumps to get the hogs to root them out.

S.R.M. wrote in post #19299893
A Green Tree Frog:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2mEr​F8X Green Tree Frog by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr


And an Ornate Burrowing Frog:

IMAGE LINK: https://flic.kr/p/2mEs​HW6 Ornate Burrowing Frog by Stephen Mudge, on Flickr

Beautiful captures
Interesting differences in the toes on front legs
They certainly are very nice frogs.

Pippan wrote in post #19299816
Means something completely different in Australia, Inspeqtor. But then the rings would have to be on the other end!

Are the rings, then, a castration device? Just guessing.

OhLook wrote in post #19300193
Are the rings, then, a castration device? Just guessing.

OhLook we'd best not go down that path.
Mustn't fire Pippan up. I was a bit naughty in my latter part of the answer.

But to answer your question, no. Those (such) rings are rubber and they don't or can't do such to pigs as they don't have a bag like lambs etc, for their crown bits.
They get fixed by a knife or something worse IMO.

Oh dear! Should have kept my mouth shut!

Pig/Hog rings are meant to stop the pig from rooting i.e. digging up the pen or pasture, or concrete if kept in a pen (thus preventing the pig from injury). It looks a bit barbaric but is meant to work. Every day is a school day!