Pigs Turn Blue From Consumed Poisons
Wild pigs in Monterey County, California have been found with intense blue—or “slushie-blue”—muscle and fat. This unusual coloration is not due to a mutation, but linked to ingestion of diphacinone, an anticoagulant rodenticide dyed blue as a warning for humans. When pigs eat these bait pellets—often from squirrel or rodent stations—the dye accumulates in their […]