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 Babirusas live on the Sulawesi, Togian, and Baru islands in the Indonesian Archipelago. They can be found in moist, swampy forests and in the lush thickets of tropical rainforests |
 Babirusas will eat almost anything, including leaves, fruit, berries, nuts, bark, insects, fish, and small mammals. |
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Wetlands or swamps within the rainforests of Indonesia's islands of Sulawesi, Togian, Sula, and Buru are home to babirusas-and they are found nowhere else in the world.
Two tusks grow out of every adult babirusa's lower jaw, and two more tusks grow right through the upper part of the adult male's snout-looking something like misplaced, miniature antlers. It's no wonder this wild swine species' name means "pig deer" in the Malay language of Indonesia.
Babirusas can sometimes be seen kneeling, with their chest on the ground, as they use their strong snouts to root through dirt and sand like a plow. This is believed to be one way they mark an area with their own scent.