Information
- Founded:
- March 2008
Photos
2 of 3 albumsSee all
Miscellaneous tapirsCreated at 05:35 on 22 October 2008
Tapir photos - Adelaide ZooUpdated at 07:14 on 09 April 2008
4 of 38 fan photosSee all
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Events
2 past eventsView all
- World Tapir Day
Worldwide
27 April at 00:00 - April the Tapir's birthday
Belize Zoo
23 April at 00:00
Sheryl Todd
I thoght the second fan video was interesting. I used to spray my tapir, Stanley, with a hose, too. He would always open his mouth like this tapir and angle himself to get the water into his mouth. I saw him do that with rain also. Newquay Zoo (?) in England also reported that their tapirs would open their mouths so th...e running water in an exhibit would go into their mouths. I've never read anything else about this behavior. Have any of you noticed it?Read more
Laura Yablon This is 'George', the Brazilian Tapir at the San Antonio Zoo. He will be 39 on October 31st
Sheryl Todd We have only 10 of these resin tapirs made by Sergio Sandoval in Colombia, and probably will not be able to get more for reasons described in the blog post. Your purchase helps support tapir conservation. Read about these unique and collectible mountain tapirs!
Rhishja Larson
To help raise tapir awareness, I've compiled some cool facts & photos - I hope I have all the species properly identified :) http://ecoworldly.com/2009/09/25/15-cool
Sheryl Todd
I want to thank BillyBear4Kids for caring enough to correct the name of the tapir species on their photo page. They added a nice pic of a Baird's tapir. http://www.billybear4kids.com/animal/who
Sheryl Todd I would like to ask that tapir fans surfing the web try to contact the webmasters or owners of various sites when you find mis-labelled tapirs. I thought these confusions went out with the 1970s, but they are rampant online. Let's try to educate people. Thanks for your help!
Sheryl Todd
There are only four species of tapir, and they all look different. You would think that Animal Planet, a World Wildlife Fund partner web site, could get it right, but they can't. Two of the 4 top phtos that come up for "Baird's tapir" in a Google web search show the wrong species. These are endangered animals. The cons...ervation orgs can't be bothered to check it out? WWF once put out a stamp series that had it wrong.Read more
Patricia Medici
Hello everyone,
Please check out the page of the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative Facebook Cause we have created a few weeks ago: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/292707/5
I would like to invite everyone to join the cause! I will use this page to post updates about our lowland tapir conservation e...fforts here in Brazil.
Best wishes from Brazil,
Patrícia Medici
Coordinator, Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative, Brazil
IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas
Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG)Read more
Please check out the page of the Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative Facebook Cause we have created a few weeks ago: http://apps.facebook.com/causes/292707/5
I would like to invite everyone to join the cause! I will use this page to post updates about our lowland tapir conservation e...fforts here in Brazil.
Best wishes from Brazil,
Patrícia Medici
Coordinator, Lowland Tapir Conservation Initiative, Brazil
IPÊ - Instituto de Pesquisas Ecológicas
Chair, IUCN/SSC Tapir Specialist Group (TSG)Read more
Circle Round did you get a chance to watch our tapir segment on our beltane video??
World Tapir Day
There's a fantastic article in the New York Times about Malaysian Tapir conservation: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/02/scienc
