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They Thought It Was Gone Forever—The South American Tapir Reappeared
The unexpected reappearance of the South American tapir in the Atlantic Forest is a beacon of hope for conservationists. It proves that, given the right conditions, nature can heal itself .
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Scientists Rejoice As Largest Continental Mammal Resurfaces More Than 100 Years Later
Since 1914, there has been no sign of the South American Tapir in the Atlantic Forest. Well, that finally changed after footage identified not just one, but three tapirs in the area. We'll take a ...
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Rangers hear loud noise in dark forest — then rare mammal appears, Thailand video shows
They shined a flashlight toward the noise and saw a Malayan tapir foraging for food. The Malayan tapir seen at Si Phang Nga National Park. Screengrab from Facebook video shared by Si Phang Nga ...
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Endangered tapir born in Tacoma
The white striped and speckled Malayan tapir calf was named Ume, the Point Defiance Zoo & Aquarium in Tacoma wrote in a Feb. 11 Facebook post. In Japanese, Ume means plum blossom and apricot ...
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Adorable endangered Malayan tapir calf born at Washington zoo
An endangered and rare Malayan tapir calf was born this weekend at Washington’s Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium. Only the second tapir birth there in more than a hundred years, the unnamed ...