About tapirs :)

(_milla) #1

What are tapirs ?

Well, they’re one of the lesser-known large animals in the world. They weigh between about 350 and 900 pounds, depending on which species you’re talking about. Their closest relatives are horses and rhinos and they inhabit jungle and forest lands in Central and South America as well as in Southeast Asia.

In the literature, tapirs have been called “stupid,” “clumsy” and “awkward,” none of which are true. A domesticated tapir may not come when you call its name and it won’t walk on a leash, but it’s far from being stupid.

Welcome to the fascinating world of tapirs!

:stroggtapir:

Tapirs in Pictures

Baird’s tapir

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Lowland or Brazilian tapir

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Mountain tapir

(_milla) #2

Asian or Malayan tapir

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unknown tapirs

The natural lifespan of a tapir is approximately 30 years, and a single youngster is born after a gestation of about 13 months. Twins have been noted, but rarely. As far as we know to date, tapirs are generally territorial with partially overlapping ranges, with the males probably being more territorial than the females.

More about tapir twinshere

Tapir Sounds

Tapirs on the Web


http://www.4tapirs.de/
http://www.ultimateungulate.com/Perissodactyla.html
http://perso.club-internet.fr/alain.debord/otto_journal/tapi.htm
http://www.tapir.org/about_tapir.html
http://www.tapirsoft.de/Tapirmuseum/index.html
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/chordata/mammalia/perissodactyla/tapiridae.html

Games

The world’s first and probably ONLY online tapir game! You’ll need Shockwave to play it, but you can download that from the site. This game uses the imagery of the tapir as an eater of dreams (usually nightmares) from Japanese mythology. Tapir fan Chris Anderson sent us the URL. His girlfriend, Kirsten Munson, made the game
http://www.kirstenmunson.com/tapirgame.html

There was also second one, a tapir character in a text-based roll-playing game, but site no longer exist :frowning:

(_milla) #3

thats all what i found about tapirs lol
i will add some videos later.

(brbrbr) #4

i think Russia should import some.
so there are some kind of “Russian Tapirs” branch starts ! :stuck_out_tongue:

(xTriXxy) #5

bumping this tapir thread;)

(KAS--Will) #6

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