Babirusa tusks are also fragile ... to grow throughout their lifetime — and they can even grow into the skull. After protruding from the tops of the snout, the teeth look like antlers, which ...

The San Antonio Zoo announced its first-ever birth of a babirusa, a wild and rare species ... which can pierce their skulls, while females have no tusks at all. “With their distinctive curved ...

Babirusa piglets are born without the characteristic ... These tusks can grow so long that they sometimes pierce the animal's skull, leading to health complications or even death.

MIAMI - For the first time in its history, an endangered babirusa has been born at Zoo Miami. According to the zoo, it was the first baby for nearly five-year-old Maggie, who came from the St ...

SAN ANTONIO — The start of the new year brought another reason to celebrate for the San Antonio Zoo: the facility's first-ever birth of a babirusa, a name that translates literally to "pig deer ...

“We can’t wait for the public to fall in love with this precious little babirusa.” The newborn piglet can be seen huddling underneath its protective mother, Sula, photos show. The San ...

Piggy, a North Sulawesi babirusa mother, recently gave birth to twins, according to a Jan. 13 Facebook post from the Brevard Zoo in Melbourne. The tiny babies have so far shown no health problems ...

Like human fingernails and hair, these tusk-like teeth continue to grow throughout their lifetime — and they can even grow into the skull ... name — the word babirusa means "pig deer" in ...

Babirusa tusks are also fragile, making them unsuitable for combat. It's now thought they are used to attract females, although this theory hasn't been proven. Skull of babirusa engraving ...