Even if you know about these animals, you probably never think about them. But this keeper at the Dartmoor Zoo has two tapirs to take care of, and they really seem to like him. It doesn’t look like they’d be hard animals to make friends with.
Tapirs, found in Brazil and Southeast Asia, are related to rhinos and horses. As a boy I found them fascinating–even if there wasn’t a toy tapir to be had for love nor money, for my collection of toy animals. I would’ve liked to have one for a pet, but somehow that never happened.
A guy named Masho says he had one, but he’s a pathological liar.
How sweet!
Amazing I never would have thought of tapirs as being at all friendly, but obviously, I was wrong.
Now, we are in the middle of a deluge replete with much thunder and lightening.
You could use a couple of tapirs to cuddle up with.
Not as cute as Byron.
You’re hard to please!
Interesting creatures!
For some reason, I couldn’t get the video to play when you first posted it, but it was worth the wait. It’s hard to imagine something so strange looking as being charming, but they seem to mange it.
I’ve never seen one in the flesh, but I’ve always been fond of tapirs.
They look interesting.