What it eats: Leaves, fruit, mushrooms, tree bark, insects, fish and small mammals Why it's awesome: When we think of pigs, we tend to picture round animals with cute snouts, but babirusas are ...

Babirusas are believed to have diverged from their pig ancestors between 26 million and 12 million years ago after getting isolated on Sulawesi when sea levels rose at the end of the last ice age ...

Name: Babirusa (Babyrousa) Where it lives: Sulawesi and neighboring islands in Indonesia What it eats: Leaves, fruit, mushrooms, tree bark, insects, fish and small mammals Why it's awesome ...