Have you ever seen a #tapir? At 1st glance, it looks like an animal straight out of a strange dream: it has the body of a pig and the nose of an elephant. Yet it’s a serene #mammal that helps grow the forest. Its small eyes shine with curiosity, its little #trunk moves from side to side sniffing the air and its slow, steady steps exude a calm that seems almost incompatible with the noisy tropical #forest. The tapir is one of the most important - and least known - animals of the forests of the Am

4.2K views · 51 reactions | BABY BOOM: Two baby tapirs were born at a zoo in Nicaragua to two different mothers on Sunday. In footage released by the zoo, one of the newborns was seen staying close to her mother's side. | 9&10 News | Facebook