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.

This zoo rang in the new year with a newborn piglet. The San Antonio Zoo announced its first-ever birth of a babirusa, a wild and rare species of pig, on Jan. 1. “We are thrilled to welcome this ...

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 ...

Zoo Miami celebrates birth of endangered babirusa 00:29. MIAMI - For the first time in its history, an endangered babirusa has been born at Zoo Miami.. Babirusa born at Zoo Miami with its mother ...

The babirusa, also called the "deer-pig," lives in Indonesia. It is known for its unusual upward-curving tusks. The babirusa lives in forests and eats plants and small animals. It is a shy animal ...

A 17-year-old Sulawesi babirusa, named Bucky, is shown in this undated handout image provided by the Toronto Zoo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Toronto Zoo *MANDATORY CREDIT * TORONTO — The Toronto Zoo ...

The babirusa, named Bucky, was fatally injured "after gaining access to a space occupied by Vishnu, a male greater one-horned rhinoceros," the zoo said in a Facebook post on Sunday.