Tapir Tongue

Los Angeles Zoo ~ March 26, 2010

Mountain tapir (Tapirus pinchaque)

Photos by Annemarie Hasnain

In this unusual photo, the tapir's tongue is rippled like a washboard. I can't do that, can you? The next two photos are also of a mountain tapir at the L.A. Zoo, where this species has been kept since the late 1960s.

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Browsing

Singapore Zoo ~ June 21, 2009

Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

Photo by Annemarie Hasnain

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A Friendly Baird's Tapir at La Marina Wildlife Rescue Center

La Marina Wildlife Rescue Center, Costa Rica ~ June 21, 2009

Baird's tapir (Tapirus bairdii)

Photos by Annemarie Hasnain

Annemarie wrote: "I've attached photos of a tapir we met at La Marina Wildlife Rescue Center in Costa Rica. He/She saw us and came across his enclosure to hang out with us. He was so sweet and curious and just seemed to enjoy checking us out as much as we enjoyed checking him out. It was a very special part of the trip!"

Check out this link to the tapir page at the rescue center and enjoy the photos. Maybe you will be the next volunteer!

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A Shelf of Tapir Art

Astoria, Oregon ~ October 21, 2001

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Reflections in a Tapir's Eye

Seattle, Washington ~ May 5, 2008

Woodland Park Zoo

Malayan tapir (Tapirus indicus)

I'm posting these photos today to take part in James's Weekend Reflections, but I've been meaning to post them for some time. It's not often that you get to see a tapir eye this closely. The glass-fronted enclosure allows you to see the tapirs very close much of the time. The white blobs on the right side of the second photo are unfocused reflections of a "T is for Tapir" t-shirt, white on black, although the tapir on the shirt is a different species (Baird's tapir) from the one in the photos above (Malayan tapir).

I also find it so strange and somehow both comforting and frightening to look at an animal's eye this closely. How can we think of harming, neglecting, killing, or eradicating an animal who looks out of something that reminds us so much of our own eyes? We are kindred. How can we think otherwise?

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Remembering Heidi

Heidi Frohring

April 6, 1967 - May 1, 2005

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