Showing posts with label los angeles zoo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label los angeles zoo. Show all posts

Thursday, May 27, 2010

Tapir Tongue

Mountain tapir at the Los Angeles Zoo, by Annemarie Hasnain 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.

Mountain tapir at the Los Angeles Zoo, by Annemarie Hasnain
Mountain tapir at the Los Angeles Zoo, by Annemarie Hasnain
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Tuesday, June 01, 1971

June, Los Angeles: A cooling plunge

A mountain tapir at the Los Angeles Zoo dives into the pool to cool off. I took this photo in June of 1971, but I didn't record the day. I scanned it from a faded old slide. I believe L.A. Zoo first started keeping mountain tapirs in 1967 or 68. Photo by Sheryl Todd.

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