Portrait of a Tapir at the Point Defiance Zoo

Tacoma, Washington ~ August 27, 2006

Point Defiance Zoo

This Asian or Malayan tapir appears on a mural at the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Washington.

Here's the tapir again with a few friends. I enjoyed the surprise of finding a tapir among the other animals in this outdoor painting. The zoo does much to educate their visitors about tapirs.

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How to Make Tapir Tracks

Point Defiance Zoo, Washington

August 26, 2006

In this display, the Point Defiance Zoo shows how they made the tapir tracks used as an educational feature in their pavement. See this post for the tracks.

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