More common in the Indonesian part of the island of swamps and rain forests, BABIRUSA have bulging body, deer hooves, the most obvious feature is the smooth body, and long, curved fangs. Let's look at this mysterious and fascinating pig What are the characteristics.
1. Only Indonesia's Sulawesi island, togian islands, Sula Islands and the island of Buru have BABIRUSA. About 30,000 years ago, after humans invade the island of Sulawesi, began long before the prey BABIRUSA. Kind of argument is that the human BABIRUSA introduced Sula Islands and the island of Buru. However, BABIRUSA very good at swimming, the presence of these two islands, there may be spontaneous behavior.
2. BABIRUSA have four varieties. The most famous is located in Sulawesi Sulawesi BABIRUSA, smooth body, long fangs giant. Other varieties of body hair darker, and the color white, milk, gold, black and brown.
3. BABIRUSA is a very special pig. BABIRUSA is Artiodactyla Suidae animals, but there is more than unique. Snout not quite clear, with a complex structure of the double rooms stomach, digestive system of ruminants, such as sheep, so more powerful. On this point, scientists believe BABIRUSA early evolution has been highlighted from Suidae family.
4. BABIRUSA (Babirusa), in Indonesian means "pig deer." It is generally believed that this nickname was so Sulawesi people. Like angle as large fangs, deer hooves and stomach constitutes a multi-room features deer, and many other features are like pigs.
5. BABIRUSA eat anything. They are omnivores, generally eat leaves, fruits, berries, mushrooms, bark, insects and small mammals (deer sometimes eat dolphin!). BABIRUSA angle teeth can dig underground roots and insect larvae can also be used to support the heels, stood up to eat leaves.
6. dolphin deer grow quickly. Many small piglets born with hair (camouflage, paralysis predator), and the need to take care of his mother for a long time. The deer dolphin on the contrary, no hair at birth, 10 days away from the nest began milling about, looking for food from the earth. BABIRUSA pups body 1-3 times smaller than the average pig. Lack of camouflage deer dolphin, and the smaller is most likely reason for the lack of natural enemies.
7. Adaptation captivity. In the wild, BABIRUSA generally live 10 years, but there are several zoo BABIRUSA only lived 20 years. "When faced with an acquaintance will be very excited, constantly wagging its tail, swing, bounce."
8. Strange rooting behavior. If you have soft sand, BABIRUSA (mostly male) would kneel down, his head entered the arch. Side arch side roar, spit, when there are other males around, the arch was the most hi. General argument is that BABIRUSA in scent-marked by the site, but the exact or not, is not known.
9. Pretty fangs. Only males have tusks, and West Sulawesi island BABIRUSA fangs of the most beautiful and grow throughout their lives. Under looks not very long fangs, the fangs grow to a certain length, bent down, it is possible to grow the anti skull.
10. What is the role of these fangs? It is a mystery. Kind of argument is that these tusks BABIRUSA compete spouse. It seems there is some truth, but the scene seen how they will understand that the fight is not the case, standing up with forepaw attack each other.
In addition, these fangs are also fragile and can not withstand too much pressure. More credible argument that the role is to attract females fangs, like a peacock. (Translator: via wired)
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