Talk:North Sulawesi babirusa

message: "Its diet consists of sometimes toxic shoots and leaves, which it counteracts by drinking from particular forest pools which contain the antidote..." - how does this "antidote" work? Does the water, for example, contain high levels of acidic compounds that neutralize base agents? bd2412 T 01:44, 1 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: The antidote?

message: are there news?  babirusa are Anthracotheriidae? Anselmocisneros 14:07, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: Do we have any references for this?--Mr Fink 15:38, 26 January 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: There are no references; most anthracotheriidas are not too distant to hippos. Some would go somewhere else however, and it may be that this has been misunderstood (e.g. if some supposed anthracotheriid has turned up to be some primitive pig, it might indeed be not too distant from the babirusa). Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 13:01, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: OK, it's an obsolete theory from 1909 that pops up every now and then. Last in 1981. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 13:39, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Anthracotheriidae,  

message: Anyone know whether this animal is also known as babi hutan (forest pig) in Sulawesi?  I was offered the meat of a creature by that name some years ago.
: I believe babi hutan is actually the normal wild boar. See id:Babi hutan. That is not to say that babirusa is never eaten, because it certainly is. --Olav L 22:09, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Babi (h)utan 

message: :it:Babyrousa babyrussa and :de:Hirscheber are quite high-quality and the present article would well benefit from translating them. (Note that the German article seems to imply that the teeth are intentionally used in combat. This is not the case. Though there are wild males with broken tusks, these appears to be accidents - makes fight by standing up on their hind legs, leaning onto each other front to front, raising their head so that the precious tusks are out of the way, and then blindly paddling at the opponent with the forelegs until one has enough and leaves. Tusks may break (especially the upper ones which are unable to withstand any significant force), but the males seem to try their best to avoid this happening to them. Not always successfully, but they try. The fights between males rarely seem to lead to more than minor bruises and scratches. Females on the other hand use their chisel-like incisors if they are angry and can deliver nasty wounds by stabbing at the opponent's legs and feet. Dysmorodrepanis (talk) 13:18, 10 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Translation?

message: This page is a mess. Either you go with the split into several species or you don't. You can't do both as this article seemingly tries. If not following the split, this page should be moved to just "Babirusa". "Buru" is only added if following the split into several species. If staying with the current name (i.e. Buru Babirusa), which means that you'd be following the split, the majority of the info presented in this article should be moved to an article for the Sulawesi Babirusa (which confusingly redirects to Buru Babirusa right now, thereby making the confusion complete!). First, all the photos and the video used in this article involve the Sulawesi Babirusa. Most of the info also involve the Sulawesi Babirusa, e.g. range is given as Sulawesi (the Buru is, as suggested by its name, restricted to the island of Buru), the description as "mostly-hairless, mottled-grey-and-brown hide" (the Buru is rather hairy, as also suggested by its alternative name, Golden Babirusa), the info on it being threatened by illegal hunting but protected by Indonesian law (as well as its associated ref) refers to the Sulawesi, and all the info given on captives is also about the Sulawesi (there are only Sulawesi in captivity - there might be a Buru in some random zoo in Indonesia, but that's it). Just about all the external links are also about the Sulawesi. So, major clean-up needed.
212.10.89.113 (talk) 17:02, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: More on a possible solution of above here. 212.10.89.113 (talk) 17:21, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text:  Dealt with. Still the problem of commons confusingly using "old" taxonomy. • Rabo³ • 17:46, 15 November 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Nicely done, Rabo! A note to IP user 212.10.89.113, use MSW3 for taxonomy and IUCN for conservation status (IUCN does not focus on the specifics of taxonomy, whereas MSW3's sole focus is taxonomy), that was my main beef to the initial page move(s). Rgrds. --Tombstone (talk) 15:24, 16 November 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  expert needed 

message: There's mention of problems of inbreeding among captive animals, but there's no information about the animal in the wild.  Also, there's no information about the average size of litters.  According to the My Zoo game on Facebook, the average litter size is 2, but I don't know of a better reference source for that information. Jtyroler (talk) 07:09, 4 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Breeding in the wild 

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