These tusks can grow so long that they sometimes pierce the animal's skull ... Locally, the babirusa holds cultural significance, appearing in folklore and traditional art. Scientists are also ...

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 ...

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 ...

A male babirusa's canines are an evolutionary mystery ... they end up twisting and penetrating the animal's own skull! National Treasure: The History of the Lie Detector A Rare Look at Tucker ...

So much for Europe’s reputation as the birthplace of cave art. A couple of hand outlines ... A cave drawing of a fruit-eating pig called a babirusa, or pig-deer, dates to a minimum of 35,400 ...

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 ...