It’s World Tapir Day! While tapirs can be found in many regions in the world, including Southeast Asia, all tapir populations are in fact facing endangerment. Find out what makes this creature unique and how protecting them helps to reduce biodiversity loss. | MSIG

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